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Threats

Today's D Brief: Putin's draft shakes up society; G7, NATO condemn Russian referendum; North Korea's 32nd missile launch in 2022; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 26, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Putin's wartime recruiting goes into overdrive; 'Sham' annexation votes begin; Jet-ski robots for the Pentagon; ISIS attack thwarted; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 23, 2022
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Today's D Brief: Russians flee after Putin’s mobilization; 2 Americans released in Ukraine prisoner exchange; Death toll rises in Iran; ‘Fat Leonard’ caught in Caracas; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • September 22, 2022
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Today's D Brief: Putin calls up 300k troops; Biden's nuclear warning; USN, Canada sail through Taiwan Strait; Iran protests spread; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • September 21, 2022
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Today's D Brief: Russian officials rush to annex after Ukraine's successes; PsyOps under review; SecAF warns China; Space Force's new song; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Jacqueline Feldscher
  • September 20, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Navy vet released in Taliban prisoner exchange; NATO's Baltic plans; Biden's Taiwan question, again; UNGA week in NYC; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • September 19, 2022
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Today's D Brief: $600M in more US aid to Ukraine; Army wants to triple artillery production; China’s anti-revolt police; Pope’s arms-export blessing; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 16, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: EU's von der Leyen in Kyiv; Putin, Xi in Uzbekistan; More Taiwan aid?; Iran hacker indictments; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 15, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Zelenskyy visits liberated Izyum, vows to take back Crimea; Iranian drone downed in Ukraine; China’s Xi goes abroad; Bolduc advances; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 14, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine doubles retaken land; Congress mulls ATACMS; Deadly Azerbaijan-Armenia skirmish; US-Iran talks ‘step backward’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 13, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: ‘Ukrainian blitzkrieg’ erases some Russian advances; Conservative groups push to end Kyiv aid; Army’s future course; 10 Qs for the SecDefs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 12, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: NATO warns 'winter is coming' for Ukraine; German support for Kyiv remains high; North Korea's nuclear promise; DOD's Pakistan flood aid; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 9, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: More artillery to Ukraine; Milley on Kyiv's progress so far; Russian annexation plans; F-35 deliveries paused; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • September 8, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russians fall back near Kharkiv; Army updates cyber training; Albania calls out Iran; Oath Keepers in the military; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 7, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Putin's resupply problems; Russia turns to North Korea for weapons; Zaporizhzhia report due; SecDefs warn the nation; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • September 6, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia adds 137K troops; New British arms to Ukraine; Moscow's economic forecast; US strikes Iran-backed troops again; New CODEL to Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 25, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Majority of Americans support Ukraine, new polls show; $3B in new US arms to Kyiv; US strikes Iran-backed group in Syria; Terrorism rising in the African Sahel; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 24, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia’s Ukraine invasion, 6 months on; Zelenskyy’s warning; McConnell on the ‘single most important thing’; USS John McCain collision, 5 years later; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 23, 2022
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 107: The legacy of America’s Afghan war, with Elliot Ackerman

Two Afghanistan war veterans discuss some of the toughest lessons from America's 20-year war.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 22, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia says Ukraine behind Moscow car-bombing; MRAPs, TOWs, Javelins, among $775M in new US arms to Kyiv; RoK-US drills begin; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 22, 2022
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