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DoD Readies Counterterror Plan For Post Afghanistan Withdrawal
“Our budget accounts for ‘over the horizon’ requirements — it creates some space there as we determine what that will look like,” DepSec Kathleen Hicks said.
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Help The Afghan Air Force To Blunt Taliban Attacks
At the NATO Summit in Brussels, the United States should finalize a plan with its allies to ensure the Afghan air force has the maintenance and logistical support it requires to remain combat...
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NATO To Invest In C2 For Strategic Pivot: China Rises As Alliance Threat
“China is not mentioned with one single word in the current Strategic Concept,” said NATO SecGen Jens Stoltenberg. “In one [way] or the other, I’m absolutely certain China will be reflected, and the...
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As America Moves Air Defenses From Middle East, Will Local Partners Step Up?
It is more of a repositioning rather than a withdrawal and “does not reflect any political orientation similar to the one to withdraw troops from Afghanistan,” strategic expert and political researcher...
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US, Allies, Partners Formally Attribute Exchange Hacks To China
“The PRC’s pattern of irresponsible behavior in cyberspace is inconsistent with its stated objective of being seen as a responsible leader in the world,” a senior administration official said on Sunday...
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US Playing Long Game To Pressure China On Cyber Ops: Experts
“It’s part of a larger diplomatic strategy,” cyber policy expert James Lewis said of the US attribution to China for Microsoft Exchange hacks earlier this year.
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What Are The Best Ways To Shield Taiwan From A Hungry China?
The trick will be to avoid “a situation in which China believes that it has no alternative but to act,” says RAND’s Michael Mazzar.
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The Problem at the Heart of UK Defense
Too often political and global power ambitions outstrip funding in the British military, analyst Justin Bronk writes.
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NATO Must ‘Step Up’ For Aspirant Members, Not Bow To Russia: Stoltenberg
“The whole idea that you know, it’s a provocation to Russia that small neighbors join NATO is absolutely wrong. That’s the provocation — that anyone is saying that,” Stoltenberg said.
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Russia Suspends Military NATO Office After Espionage Accusations
The Russian foreign ministry alleged NATO’s “policy towards Russia is becoming increasingly more aggressive,” and called the expulsion of its officers, as well as the downsizing of the liaison mission...
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Poland pledges major new defense spending. Is it real, or political hype?
American firms may be seeing dollar signs from Warsaw’s pledge to “buy more American equipment,” but there are a lot of hurdles.
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Italy’s Army modernization finally seeing movement after years of delays
Italy’s budget has been in flux for years, with Army modernization being delayed. A trio of vehicles may be ready to turn that tide.
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China grumbles as Japan, Aussies ink treaty to meld forces
Japan’s ambassador to Australia, Shingo Yamagami, made pretty clear that China was a driving force behind the treaty’s approval, noting the two nations must “increase deterrence.”
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New NATO space policy focuses on space support, domain awareness
The new NATO policy doesn’t quite cover all the cracks in allied views of military action in space, noting that the 30 member states “should develop a common understanding of concepts such as the role...
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Exclusive: For SWAC director, balancing gov’t secrecy, industry creativity...
Cox said allies “want to participate” in US force design efforts, “but in a way that benefits their own requirements.”
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Ukrainian officials, GOP go after Biden’s remarks on ‘minor incursion’ into...
“We want to remind the great powers that there are no minor incursions,” tweeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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The Army wants someone to make comics about its information warfare doctrine
The intent is to generate conversation within the community and a more broad audience about potential threats and what the service can do to prepare for the future.
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With Russia’s Ukraine build-up, NATO faces existential crisis of coherence
As Baltic members pledge arms, European giants France and Germany stay in the background.
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The case of Ukraine, looking back and looking forward
“The Russian threat to Ukrainian sovereignty is simply not about Ukraine,” writes author Robbin Laird. “It is about the stability of the current European order.”
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Biden warns of Ukraine invasion in ‘days,’ Austin watching for false flag effort
“You don’t do these sorts of things for no reason. And you certainly don’t do them if you’re getting ready to pack up and go home,” Austin said of Russia’s moves near Ukraine.
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