Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine requests NATO entry; US, Iran talk, indirectly; Army wants Arctic cars; Open Skies planes, mothballed; And a bit more…

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: Afghan withdrawal update; Taliban reax; Escalation in Taiwan, Yemen; SOF under the microscope; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Policy

‘We Will Leave' Afghanistan Likely This Year, Biden Declares

But not by May 1. "It's not my intention to stay there for a long time, the question is how and under what circumstance,” the president said, at the White House.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: Migrant children at JBSA, Bliss; North Korea wants attention; Taiwan’s new missile; Blinken at NATO; Biden’s drone review; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Ideas

The GOP’s Fake Controversy Over Colin Kahl Is Just the Beginning

Senate Armed Services Committee Republicans who call Biden’s Pentagon-policy pick too political are fooling nobody.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: Airstrikes on ISIS caves; A week of mass shootings; Marines’ new formation; NG convoy ambushed in Texas; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
Threats

The D Brief: Kim’s sister warns US; Border surge; Asia-Pacific next-gen arms; TR’s master helmsmen; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
Ideas

Boycott the Olympics? Cancel the Saudis? How Woke Can Biden Really Get?

Classic international relations realism and wokeness are two different things.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

Biden Wants to Restore NATO. Macron Is Looking to Move On.

The two leaders appeared to talk past each other at this week’s Munich Security Conference.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

Confederate Military Base Names Just Met Their Gettysburg

A Black admiral, a gruff Marine, a never-Trumper, and the maker of a viral video slamming Confederate sympathizers? Say goodbye to “Fort Bragg” and the rest.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Biden Calls Putin ‘To Make Clear’ Where US Stands

In a marked change, the president read off a list of grievances — and discussed the potential for additional nuclear arms controls.

  • Kevin Baron
Policy

Biden Orders New Review of Sexual Assault Policies in Military

Combatant commanders are to send plans and best practices within two weeks.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

Purity Tested, Senators Confirm General Austin for SecDef

With little actual opposition in the end, members voted for the waiver and the man.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

Pentagon Won’t Throw Traditional Farewell Ceremony for Trump

It’s a shame, and a missed opportunity — not despite recent events but because of them.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

How Will Biden’s Pentagon Handle Extreme Right-Wing Media?

The Capitol riot was just the latest tell for propaganda outlets masquerading as newsrooms.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

This is Not a Coup

The mob riot on the Capitol Building was disgusting, violent, and deadly. It’s still not a coup. And that matters.

  • Kevin Baron
Policy

Trump Vetoes Defense Authorization Bill

For the Confederacy, conservative speech, and the desire to bring troops home, Trump rejected the $700 billion NDAA at the last minute before Washington breaks for Christmas.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: Outrage over Blackwater pardons; Miller spotlights SOF; Shutdown watch; Big vaccine buy; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Deadliest year in US history; A carrier off Somalia; Missile sub through Hormuz; Sanctions on Russia and China; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

NATO Gears Up for Biden, Big Decisions on Afghanistan, China

“We are faced with a very hard and difficult dilemma,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an exclusive interview.

  • Kevin Baron
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