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Defense One

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Gen. John Allen, retried, testified in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as envoy for the counter-ISIS coalition, Feb. 25, 2015.

Commentary 2016 ISIS

When Campaigns Smear Generals and Intelligence Officers

I worked with Gen. Allen and CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell. They deserve better than personal attacks and campaign lies.

BY Samantha Vinograd READ NOW»

Members of the Islamic State hold up their weapons and wave its flags in a convoy on a road in Raqqa, Syria in this photo, released online in the summer of 2014 on a militant social media account.

ISIS

The U.S. Should Contain ISIS and Move On.

It’s a wiser choice than the ‘destroy IS’ or ‘smash-and-leave’ options.

BY Stephen Biddle Jacob Shapiro READ NOW»

The D Brief

US soldier dies fighting in Afghanistan; Boko Haram leader ‘fatally wounded’ again; Armed robot could fight ISIS in Mosul; SuperCobras attack IS in Libya; And a bit more.

American troop killed in Afghanistan. One day after announcing it sent 100 troops to southern Afghanistan on Monday, a U.S. soldier has died after his patrol hit an IED in hotly contested Helmand, …

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Commentary Personnel Veterans

Don’t Dismantle the VA

Veterans care should not become a profit-making enterprise that serves no one better than its financial backers.

BY J. David Cox READ NOW»

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with the national security team on Iraq in the Situation Room of the White House, Aug. 11, 2010.

White House Foreign Policy Commentary

The Biden Doctrine

Has the vice president made a lasting contribution in foreign policy?

BY Steve Clemons READ NOW»

Early Tuesday, Aug. 16, China launched the world's first quantum satellite, pictured here in a photo released by China's state news agency.

Technology China

China’s New Satellite Puts Quantum Encryption Into Orbit

It’s designed to literally teleport information nearly 750 miles.

BY Tim Fernholz READ NOW»

The D Brief

US aircraft nearly tussle with Syrians; Meet America’s new ISIS-war commander; US Army fudged books by $6.5 trillion; China warned Japan on FONOPs; and a bit more.

“We call on you to give up your weapons or count yourselves dead,” Syrian YPG militia members told Syrian troops in the northeastern city of Hasakah on Sunday—two days after America’s first show of …

BY Ben Watson Bradley Peniston READ NOW»

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Vince Burden, annotates the serial number of a dropsonde on board a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 17, 2010.

Intelligence Defense Department Technology

There’s a Big Loophole in the Pentagon’s Guide to Eavesdropping

The new rules reflect a shift in intel-gathering from phone-tapping to capturing conversations on the internet.

BY Aliya Sternstein READ NOW»

This July. 26, 2016 file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), shows Syrian citizens inspect damaged buildings after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria.

Syria Commentary

What You Need to Know About Aleppo

Because of the city’s importance to all parties in the conflict, fighting between rebels, ISIS and the Russia-Syria-Iran alliance is only expected to escalate.

BY Zachary Laub READ NOW»