Threats

Tallying the Russian exit; Kurds eye Syrian partition; Taliban gain in Helmand; Skunk Works chief looks ahead; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Russia exiting Syria, mostly; Pentagon wants to buy your garage bomb; Which candidate do the troops back?; A Catch-22 for personnel reforms; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Hey, America: Don’t Forget Your Soldiers While Spending Billions on Future Weapons

AUSA President Gordon Sullivan describes what a smaller, busier Army means for American power, global instability, and the troops themselves.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Turks hit Kurds after Ankara bombing; US-backed Syrians lose more arms to AQ's JAN; Russia wants to help take Raqqa; More wayward Hellfires; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Syrian partition, on the table; F-35 chief offers some advice; North Korean hackers pour it on; What do the Taliban actually control? And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: ISIS, doxxed; Syria becomes a combat lab; Trump could cost US jobs; Ukraine’s malicious blackout; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Taliban control a third of Afghanistan; Iran launches two test missiles; Has North Korea built a warhead?; Bye-bye, Bitchin’ Betty; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Big US strike in Somalia; DoD draws up plans for Libya; What the candidates get wrong about future war; Albania auctions Soviet jets; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Gitmo: ‘It’s all BS’; Quarrels delay Mosul offensive; Dem debate skips natsec; Russian subs reheat Cold-War chokepoint; and a bit more.

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Threats

US carrier to South China Sea; N. Korea in ‘pre-emptive attack mode’; McCain blasts USAF chief; Navy drafts Iran ‘fiasco’ report; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

GOP natsec pros denounce Trump; Partition for Syria?; Pentagon taps Google chief for advice; Army’s next helicopters get set to fly; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US captures ISIS guy. Now what?; Sitrep for the new US commander in Afghanistan; Boko Haram is starving; Does the Army need airborne?; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Battle for Mosul begins; Who’s breaking the Syrian ceasefire?; Philippines fights ISIS; That’s a lot of classified medals; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Syrian ceasefire, more or less; Bloody day in Baghdad; USAF activates new cyber weapon; When a bigger budget isn’t better; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

SOF vs. Boko Haram; New USAF bomber gets a name; COCOMs will get a rethink; Senators slam Force of the Future; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Aussie military spending jumps; How ISIS moves its money; Libyan fighting intensifies; Carter and Dunford head to the Hill; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

China sends jets to disputed sea; US invites allies to buzz fake islands; Obama’s Gitmo plan, summarized; Contractors jump 8-fold in Iraq; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Obama’s Gitmo Closure Plan: What’s New and Where the Problems Are

The White House’s plan gives Congress 13 different sites to choose from—and just added a lot of fuel to an already heated topic in a national security election year.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Progress, and caveats, in Syria talks; US contractors flood back to Iraq; Here comes Obama’s Gitmo plan; Watch out for Chinese ramships; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Progress on Syrian cease-fire; Afghan troops rout ISIS wannabes; Russia seeks to overfly US with spy planes; China arms contested islands, ‘just like Hawaii’; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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