Threats

Yemen ceasefire to begin today; Jeb’s Iraq gamble; Obama’s Arab summit must go on; Kerry prods Putin; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

White House meeting with Arab leaders looking shaky; Time for the Carter Doctrine?; Disco ball drones; ISIS at a crossroads; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Taliban claims killing ambassadors in Pakistan; Syrian training begins; Selva profiled; Small future for armed drones; Stopping suicide; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Key Iraqi refinery may fall to ISIS; Yemen wants ground troops; Carter: GOP bill a ‘road to nowhere’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Special operators to Yemen; Crowdsourcing the next drone engine; Tesla’s military future; McCain v. Dempsey; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Dunford nomination heads to the Senate; Taliban peace talks in Qatar; Senegal sends troops for Yemen; A-10 day on the Hill; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Ground troops enter Yemen; Arming the Middle East for peace with Iran; VA under intense cyber attack; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Hormuz heats up; An anti-war candidate; Tracking the Taliban 5; Thornberry spooks Iraqis; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Heaviest fighting yet in Yemen; GPS spoofing; Skunk-y spray for rioters; ISIS war expanding?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Iran rattles the Strait of Hormuz; ‘Landmark’ U.S. expansion in the Philippines; More F-35 delays?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

Four Key Areas for Japan-US Military Cooperation

While the new agreement most directly shores up defenses against North Korea, it could also help counterbalance a rising China.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Baltimore unrest summons the National Guard; A Friend in Abe; Nepal recovery; Senate chutzpah; How ISIS really gets its weapons; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Green Berets Helping with Earthquake Recovery; Pentagon Ferries Hundreds of Rescue Workers to Nepal

U.S. Special Forces are combing trekking routes to help find the dead and wounded in the worst quake to hit Nepal in 80 years.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Pentagon deploys to the crisis in Nepal; Naval ships pound Yemen’s Aden; Japan seeks closer U.S. defense ties; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Iran warships turn back from Yemen; Russia hacked Pentagon network; Drone debate heats up; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Americans trapped in Yemen; Carter to Silicon Valley; ISIS bigger threat than Russia?; Ray guns; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Yemen airstrikes halted?; Taliban fighting season begins Friday; Iraq ISIS-Sunni rift; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

U.S. moves dozen vessels near Yemen; Morsi jailed for 20; U.S. trainers begin in Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Key Iraqi refinery cleared at last; ISIS kill dozens in Libya; Army cyber civilian surge; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

What happens if Ramadi falls; Lubold’s last D Brief; Abadi backs away on Saudi intervention; Swiss cheese in the Pentagon?; Who was there for Bravo and Panetta?; And a bit more.

  • Gordon Lubold and Ben Watson
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