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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
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia attacks Ukrainian port cities; Kyiv advisor teases counteroffensive plans; Opportunism in Ankara; New US strike in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 17, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: New explosions rock Russian-occupied Crimea; Grain ship sails for Africa; Pro-Trump extremism rising, DHS warns; F-35s fly again; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 16, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: More Chinese threats as another CODEL visits Taiwan; Afghanistan collapse, one year later; 260 US troops to Europe; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 15, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: UN warns of dangers at Russian-occupied nuclear plant; More MLRS to Kyiv; China lashes out at Lithuania; Decoding Beijing's Taiwan wargames; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 12, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: New post-strike analysis over Crimea; Sweden extradites Turkish man; Latvian PMs call out Russia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Caitlin M. Kenney and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 11, 2022
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Threats

Today's D Brief: China's Taiwan wargames, cont.; Ukraine lessons for RIMPAC; Space war contingency planning; And a bit more.

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

Today's D Brief: China expands live-fire plan around Taiwan; Senate OKs Finland, Sweden's NATO bids; New Pentagon spox; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 4, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: First grain ship leaves Ukraine at last; More artillery for Kyiv; Putin wants a bigger navy; Pelosi in Asia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 1, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Guard called in for ‘historic’ flooding in Appalachia; USAF grounds some F-35s; LA hit with 40 million cyber attacks monthly; Possible ‘breakthrough’ in expedition medicine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 29, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Moscow's hurried annexation timeline; Poland points to more Russian 'filtration camps'; Turkey opens Black Sea monitoring center; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Elizabeth Howe and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 27, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia attacks coastal Ukraine; Moscow quits ISS; EU gas rationing to begin; Russian prisoners sent to fight for Wagner?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 26, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: HIMARS damage continues vs. Russia; Moscow hates Zelenskyy; Milley, on China; Ellen Lord's next move; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Marcus Weisgerber
  • July 25, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: What Putin thinks of America; More HIMARS to Ukraine; Kyiv's new counteroffensive; RIMPAC, reborn; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 21, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Putin is sponsoring ‘terrorism’ in Ukraine, US lawmakers say; Former Japanese PM Abe assassinated; China’s new air incursion; Missile failure at Vandenberg; And a bit more.

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

Today's D Brief: Russia wants more of Ukraine; Spain's defense spending boost; The risks of arming Ukraine; And a bit more.

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

Today's D Brief: Russia strikes Ukrainian mall; Moscow's missile escalation; US, Turkish strikes in Syria; Last Black Hawk order?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • June 28, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: NATO adds 260K troops to response force; Russian debt default; G7 vows $600B to challenge China; Iran's new rocket test; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • June 27, 2022
Threats

The D Brief: Russian refinery hit; Ukrainian grain terminals attacked; Putin’s rock-bottom approval ratings; China’s Taiwan swarm; Suspicion in Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • June 22, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Putin's EU gas squeeze; Germany's LNG 'trap'; #D1TechSummit, day 5; China's new carrier; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
  • June 17, 2022
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