Ideas

Time to retire ‘Arab-Israeli conflict’?

A new name should reflect how the hostilities have grown more complex and spread beyond the region's boundaries.

  • Nader Habibi, The Conversation
Threats

The D Brief: Iranian missiles to Moscow; Troops advance in Ukraine; Drone crash in Latvia; Israel strikes Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: US casualties in Iraq; Ukraine’s cabinet shakeup; Terror charges for Hamas; China’s robotic-vehicle breakthroughs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Deadly Russian strike; Tussle in Turkey; Houthis’ new tactic; Army division’s gunnery breakthrough; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Israel’s West Bank raids; Ukraine’s Kursk progress; USAF’s Ukrainian EW; Shipmaker, fined; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Israel, Hezbollah exchange strikes; Russia pounds Ukraine; Chinese plane in Japanese airspace; Army’s cutting-edge exercise; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Kyiv hits Russian bases; Gaza effort, assessed; China hamstrings defense minister; Lone Arctic cutter withdraws; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Bracing for Iran’s response; ISIS rises in Syria; Ukraine’s 20-mile incursion; Longer Korean deployments; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

It’s increasingly difficult to see how Qatar can broker a Gaza breakthrough

Doha's mediation efforts have been undermined by Israel's recent assassination of Hamas' longtime political chief.

  • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Ukrainian incursion continues; Israeli border war, mapped; Upping US production; USAF's record sales; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: More US forces to Mideast; Russia sub sunk?; US leaves Niger base; Wanted: cyber inquest with teeth; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: Assassination in Iran; US strike in Iraq; Army seeks new missile; Boeing names next CEO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: US, Japan, S. Korea sign pact; Israel hits school; US warns Lebanon residents; Why is autocracy thriving? And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Send private-security contractors into Gaza? That’s a terrible idea

Here are some basic questions to ask before this not-even-half-baked notion becomes a policy failure.

  • Peter W. Singer
Ideas

As Hamas war drags on, Israeli democracy weakens

Israel is not alone; a recent report finds that the global state of democracy has been declining for the past six years. 

  • Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, The Conversation
Policy

Can Biden’s arsenal-of-democracy foreign policy outlast him?

The president's focus on alliance building will be hard to replicate.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Biden’s natsec legacy; Russia advances on supply hub; Ukraine’s anti-drone sensor net; UK-show news; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Europe’s defense ‘awakening’; Houthis hit Israel; Ukraine’s shell shortage; Farnborough preview; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Gaza pier, done; Can Hamas rebuild?; NATO’s hybrid-war defenses; ISIS’ Syria surge; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

US ‘winding down’ Gaza pier operations

Now, the issue is “getting aid around Gaza effectively,” national security advisor says.

  • Patrick Tucker
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