Ideas

Taiwan is a ‘model ally,’ not trade bait

Trading the island’s security for rhetoric from Beijing would be a strategic blunder of historic proportions.

  • Mark Montgomery
Threats

The D Brief: Europe pledges aid to Kyiv; Dems seek boat-strike docs; Navy’s next frigate; Conflicts to watch; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Trump rebrands housing subsidies as ‘bonus’; Venezuelan navy starts escorting tankers; SOF needs jamming ranges; Big arms sale to Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: A second Southern Spear; Boeing strike ends; Heavy-lift competitor sticks landing; Anduril’s S. Korean lashup; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: DOD sheds 60K civilians; EU warns Moscow; USAF’s new ‘homeland’ focus; China’s airborne gets help; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

How the rapid pace of AI connects to China’s threats toward Taiwan

A hearing Wednesday explored why Taiwanese chips are more prized than ever.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Americans more concerned about nuclear Iran than illegal immigration, survey finds

Public support continues to rise for U.S. leadership abroad in Reagan Institute poll.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

China is bringing gray-zone warfare to space

Space is increasingly looking like the South China Sea.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

A lesson from 1958 could help deter China from taking Taiwan

After China began shelling a nearby island, a four-pronged U.S. response led to decades of cross-strait peace.

  • Paul J. Smith
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

China is rehearsing for war, Indo-Pacific commander says

Recent Chinese military exercises around Taiwan are practice for “the forced unification” of the island to the mainland, Adm. Sam Paparo said Thursday.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: USCG to the border; Firings, removals begin; More Hegseth allegations; Executive orders, analyzed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Pentagon 'concerned China will instigate' avoidable conflict: DepSecDef

U.S. is not trying “bait or trick” Beijing into war, Hicks says.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Navy jet downed by US cruiser; Tech titans push tieup; Trump’s latest DOD picks; More Taiwan aid; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston, Audrey Decker and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Israel pounds Syrian military sites; Taiwan gets tanks; Will AI firms eat the Pentagon?; One dead on Fort Eisenhower; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Russia races for gains; House passes NDAA; Taiwan talks to Trump team; USAF preps for transition; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Russia in talks to send fighter jets to North Korea, INDOPACOM says

U.S. should continue to build deterrence in the Asia-Pacific region, Paparo says.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: B-2s bomb Houthis; A general’s China alarm; Army’s Ukraine trips; Raytheon fined nearly $1B; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Chinese blockade drill encircles Taiwan; Army program cuts coming?; Israel gets THAAD; Navy reloads at sea; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Baltics raise defenses; Israel orders hospital evacuations; Another Russian arms dump struck; New polls on Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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