Policy

Why Congress Can’t Stop the CIA From Working With Forces That Commit Abuses

The Leahy Law prohibits the U.S. military from providing training and equipment to foreign security forces that commit human rights abuses, but it does not apply to U.S. intelligence agencies.

  • Lynzy Billing, ProPublica
Threats

Today's D Brief: How lawmakers plan to spend $860B on defense; 25 far-right extremists arrested in German coup plot; More US troops to Australia; AQ in Afghanistan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: 'Global energy crisis' is here; US mulls HAWKs for Ukraine; 'Marshall Plan for the 21st century'; RIP, Ash Carter; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
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
Policy

Poll: Half of Americans Say Sending Troops to Afghanistan Was ‘A Mistake’

Less than one-quarter believe the two-decade conflict made America safer.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
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The D Brief: Z threatens Russian troops; Austin on Afghanistan; Deadly riot in Iraq; Fix the interpreter-visa program; And a bit more...

  • Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Abbey Gate anniversary; Afghans protest; A Trumper in Taiwan; and more…

  • Kevin Baron and Jennifer Hlad
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
Ideas

A Year After Kabul's Fall, Taliban’s False Commitments Are Fully Exposed

But the U.S. has few good options for counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan.

  • Andrew Mines and Amira Jadoon, The Conversation
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
Policy

4 in 5 Afghans Who Worked for the US Have Faced Taliban Threats, Poll Finds

Lawmakers and advocates are working on legislation to make the special immigrant visa program permanent.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Ideas

Where Does al-Zawahri's Death Leave al-Qaida?

And what does the drone strike that killed him say about U.S. counterterrorism?

  • Haroro J. Ingram, Andrew Mines and Daniel Milton, The Conversation
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Today's D Brief: US kills AQ leader in Kabul; Afghanistan's fraught future; 3 carriers near the SCS; Pelosi to Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 100: Phil Klay

A conversation about veterans, citizenship, and the American way of war.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

Biden Seeking To Split $7B In Afghan Money Between Humanitarian Aid, 9/11 Families

Any transfer of money will need to be approved by the courts because of the pending legal cases brought by families of terrorist victims.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

Kabul Suicide Bomber Likely Acted Without Taliban Aid, CENTCOM Concludes

Command wraps investigation in airport blast that killed 13 during Afghanistan evacuation.

  • Tara Copp
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After 20 Years of Civilian Drone Strike Deaths, Pentagon Creates An Office to Stop More

The military keeps repeating mistakes and is not ready for future fights because the lessons learned have not been instilled throughout the DOD, an independent review found.

  • Tara Copp
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Declassified Report Details Afghan Air Force Reliance on Contractors

Watchdog warned that without help, the Afghan Air Force would collapse.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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Private Group Keeps Afghanistan Evacuations Flying Despite Ground Halt

Group leader: “There are Americans saying, ‘Help me, help me, help me.’ And the State Department is saying, ‘Fill out your form in triplicate.’”

  • Tara Copp
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2021 Top Ten: Army

The Army took strides in its version of the Pentagon's connect-everything plan. But leaders said more changes are ahead.

  • Defense One Staff
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