Threats

Mosul battle enters final stages; In Syria, a suicide bomb as peace talks inch forward; SECDEF calls climate change a threat; Pirates return to Somalia; and just a bit more...

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Threats

CIA returns to drone-striking; How NorK runs underground nuke tests; Former DoD intel chief on insider threats; Lawmakers decry proposed Coast Guard cuts; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Trump may relax battlefield rules; Executive-branch reorganization expected; Japan plans largest post-WWII naval foray; Jailbreak in Afghanistan; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

South Korean president impeached; 2,500 more soldiers head to ISIS war; Generals plead: don’t cut State; What AFRICOM needs now; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US sends Marines to Syria; ISIS loses control of Iraqi oil; The worst thing about the Vault7 leak; Army expects cargo-bots within a decade; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Carnage in Kabul; Militias seize Libyan oil ports; Three ways of looking at NorK’s missile test; That Wikileaks dump; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

THAAD arrives in Korea; How Iraq got off the travel-ban list; Has the F-35 already seen combat?; US SOF is still hunting Kony; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
Threats

4 North Korean launches; Waves of car bombs in Mosul; China crashes US airpower conference; America can’t agree on its main threat; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Escalation in Yemen; Drone strikes soar under Trump; US, Russia, Hezbollah team up; USAF eyes laser-armed C-130; And just a bit more...

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Threats

‘What we’re doing is working’ in Iraq; Hostile forces converging in Syria; Russian-backed forces advance in Ukraine; Navy’s cybersecurity chief, in conversation; and just a bit more...

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Threats

Trump praises budget in address to Congress; Iraqis surround Mosul; USAF eyes prop-driven attack planes; Iran test-fires missile from submarine; and just a bit more...

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Threats

Stocks rise on defense-spending proposal; Retired generals blast proposed cuts to State; Defeat-ISIS plan, delivered; USAF to retire iconic UAV; and just a bit more...

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Threats

Grinding through western Mosul; AQ deputy killed in Syria; No F-35 to Mideast for a few years; SecNav pick bows out; and just a bit more...

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Threats

The US, Turks and Saudis jostle for Raqqa; 3 urgent tasks for Trump’s natsec team; Russia charts Afghanistan’s future; B-52s have been busy vs ISIS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

3 Urgent Tasks for Trump’s National-Security Team

The administration needs a single line on various policies — but even more urgently, it must fill about 100 top federal jobs, says James Stavridis.

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

Trump leaves Russia questions unanswered; Harward rejects NSC offer; Ex-Blackwater head now pitching China; Army to set up foreign-training brigades; and just a bit more...

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Threats

Mattis warns NATO; Dunford to meet Russian counterpart; More troops to Syria?; The changing cost of F-35A/B/C, charted; and just a bit more...

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Threats

Russia in the spotlight; US government ‘in unbelievable turmoil’; What Netanyahu, Trump should discuss; China vs. sub drones; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Out like Flynn; Russia is helping the Taliban, US general says; Spotlight on White House OPSEC; Ex-Blackwater firm gets $204m contract; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

North Korea tests the White House; Turkey reaches ‘heart’ of ISIS-held Syrian city; Flynn under fire; SOCOM prepares to take over WMD mission; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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