Threats

Today's D Brief: US warns Iran; Ukrainian progress; Russia’s new drone; Australia’s DC visit; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: $2B to Poland; Assad visits China; USAF gets electric taxi; Milley’s exit interview; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

U.S. government shutdown could slow weapons transfers to Ukraine, Taiwan

Contracting and arms transfer vetting departments may not be able to process new requests.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: Blinken in Kyiv; Russian pilot defects; Estonia on Ukraine’s needs; China’s runway fixers; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

The Pentagon is the wrong agency to lead the new US deterrence strategy

If integrated deterrence is to succeed, the hammer must not be the tool of first resort.

  • Collin Meisel
Threats

Today's D Brief: $6B accounting goof; India’s PM in DC; Interpol sees right-wing terror spike; Sub-rescue ships deployed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad, Caitlin M. Kenney and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Ukraine F-16 Training Approval Will Likely Take Months, US Official Says

U.S. officials must also approve the jet transfers themselves.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Defense Systems

State Department Worries About Cyber Vulnerabilities Amid Debt Debate

The department wants to spend nearly $1 billion on cybersecurity in 2024 to improve networks and communications devices.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Marines Update Evacuation Playbook

A pre-deployment exercise allowed the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit to practice what they learned from the Afghanistan withdrawal and other non-combatant evacuation operations.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

A Slim Rhetorical Wedge Could Drive China and Russia Apart

U.S. officials must skip no opportunity to remind Moscow that it is Beijing's junior partner.

  • Artur Kalandarov
Ideas

More Is Needed to Deter States That Take American Hostages

Foreign governments are illegally detaining more U.S. citizens than are terror groups.

  • Diane Foley and Stephanie Foggett
Policy

Unfrozen: How the State Department Has Reversed Its ‘Draconian’ Cuts in Just Two Years

Biden promised to revive a "hollowed out" federal workforce, and at one agency, he has.

  • Eric Katz
Ideas

The Risks of De-escalation

At the wrong time and place, it can do more harm than good—as its Mideast track record shows.

  • Bilal Y. Saab
Policy

Biden Vows to Add Feds at Border, Boost Efforts to Reduce Crossings

The administration will also expand humanitarian programs, though staffing shortfalls could hurt implementation.

  • Eric Katz
Policy

State Department Opens Emerging-Tech Office

The Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology will facilitate strategic partnerships to develop and regulate innovative technology.

  • Alexandra Kelley
Threats

West Rejects Russian Claim that Ukraine Plans a False-Flag Dirty Bomb

US, U.K., France release statement decrying Moscow’s Sunday allegation.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

New National Security Strategy Returns Focus to Rules, Partnerships, and American Leadership

China is a “pacing” threat, Russia just an “acute” one—but international partnerships, the old global order are key to beating both.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

Fully Fund America’s International Affairs Budget

Few investments reap larger rewards than the less-than-1% we spend on diplomacy and development.

  • Patrick Murphy and Blair Milo
Ideas

War Is No Reason to Put Arms-Control Negotiations on Hold

The possibility that Russia might use nuclear weapons in Ukraine is just one of the nuclear dangers we must address.

  • Tom Z. Collina and Angela Kellett
Ideas

Iran, US Seem Unlikely to Reach a New Nuclear Deal

Both sides have said they want to return to 2015's JCPOA, but a number of sticking points remain.

  • Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, The Conversation
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