Threats

Trump pressures Zelenskyy to accept pro-Russian deal

But Ukraine ceasefire talks are still salvageable, experts say—if Trump changes course.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: More loose lips; Troops get detention powers; State’s coming cuts; Primes’ aircraft plans; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Full-blown meltdown’; Syrian drawdown; Russia’s Easter attacks; NDU resignation-in-protest; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

State of the Space Force 2025

As Trump envisions “our manifest destiny into the stars,” the Space Force is set to play a key role in America’s space ambitions.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Russian missiles kill 34 in Ukraine; Trump lashes out at CBS; Breakthrough in robotics?; Naval autonomy today; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: New defense EOs; Somalia concerns; Ukrainian’s advice for US; Spies target fired feds; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

Keep US troops in Europe, EUCOM commander says

Gen. Cavoli outlined security and military benefits to the United States from presence in Europe.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

US weapons support for Ukraine doesn’t compete with Taiwan goals: report

FDD authors say America can continue to arm three partners at once—if it rebuilds its factories.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Murky hiring freeze; Trump-tariff turmoil; Cuts for CISA; GOPer slams NSA firing; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Ideas

Don’t waste this crisis, Europe: consolidate your defense industry

Turn your excess national defense champions into continental ones.

  • John R. Deni
Threats

The D Brief: More WH Signal chats; Trump’s tariffs skip Russia; NSC departures?; Simulating budget choices; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: US soldiers’ bodies found; Raising Nordic defenses; Russia’s new draft; A-10s to Middle East; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

How a beatdown at sea turned Russia's navy into China's junior partner

Even the new maritime truce with Ukraine can't change a strategic tilt of the past three years.

  • Colin Flint, The Conversation
Threats

The D Brief: More Yemen-chat details released; Troops patrolling border; Ukraine ceasefire broadened; Army’s gear overhaul; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Green light for ‘F-47’; 2nd destroyer sent to border; Mapping China’s Taiwan threat; US envoy parrots Kremlin; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
Ideas

France, UK must heed the call of Europe's new nuclear age

Paris and London can provide the assurances that stop a continental race for nuclear weapons, but it won't be easy.

  • Ankit Panda
Ideas

China is waging cognitive warfare. Fighting back starts by defining it.

The US and its allies need a framework for this new domain of conflict: formal, explicit specifications for its concepts and entities.

  • Jake Bebber
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Trump takes Putin’s offer; ‘Dogfighting in space’; DOD’s personnel bottleneck; PLAN drones, on video; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Shift’ in Iran policy; Israel pounds Gaza; Ukraine’s all-drone attacks; Russian ops on NATO soil; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The US just lowered its defenses against authoritarian propaganda, experts say

Gutting the U.S. Agency for Global Media reduces the country's ability to fight off influence campaigns at home and promote freedom abroad.

  • David DiMolfetta
Previous
Next