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Published in coordination with the 2024 Global Security Forum, of which Defense One is a media partner.China has surely been watching as Russia and Iran have used non-state actors to pursue their strategic objectives in…

Zombies may be fiction in movies and books, but in politics they are real. Bad ideas in Washington don’t always stay dead—you often have to keep killing them. The latest zombie to roam the halls of Congress is a proposal to create a…

“Sudan’s moment has come; chaos is our chance to sow the seeds of jihad,” warned Abu Hudhaifa al-Sudani, a high-ranking al-Qaida leader, in an October 2022 manifesto.His words may have seemed premature at the time, but a year…

While campaigning in Iowa last September, former President Donald Trump made a promise to voters if he were elected again: “Following the Eisenhower model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American…

U.S. special operations forces have a unique role to play in today’s strategic competition with China and Russia, yet—outside a niche community—understanding of what SOF do is limited, outdated, and under-appreciated. It’s time that…

Defense One Radio, Ep. 151: The state of the Air Force - Defense One Skip to Content Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. April 29, 2024 08:00 AM ET…

The unexpected elimination of the People’s Liberation Army unit that handled space, cyber, and electronic warfare missions is all the more surprising because the Strategic Support Force seemed to just be coming into its own.On April 19, the…

Out in the Indian Ocean, the maritime militia’s unmanned craft approached the Marine-led international task force, and a young sergeant deployed his own small submersibles to meet the threat. While the Marines’ new systems used…

Total global defense spending grew at its fastest pace in the last decade from 2022 to 2023, as governments respond to security crises unfolding around the world. Combined military outlays jumped 10.4 percent in 2023 on strong growth from…

Defense One Radio, Ep. 150: The state of the Navy - Defense One Skip to Content Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. April 17, 2024 07:04 PM ET…