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Ukraine Braces for “Invasion;” Burial of Fallen U.S. Guardsman Denied by...
Following Russian-backed separatist attack on Maryinka, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenkso warns of “full-scale invasion” from Russia. Ukraine has massed 50,000 troops in the east to respond to new...
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450 More U.S. Troops to Iraq; Many European Citizens Reluctant to Uphold NATO...
More U.S. advisers are on their way to Iraq. As the Wall Street Journal reports, President Obama requested additional military options against the self-declared Islamic State following the fall of...
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What It Would Take to Embed U.S. Troops in Iraq; Chinese Hack of OPM “Worse...
A renewed debate over U.S. “boots on the ground” in the fight against the self-declared Islamic State. In a Wednesday hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and...
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The Battle for Kunduz; NATO Defense Spending Declines for Third Straight Year
On Monday, Taliban forces closed within four miles of the city of Kunduz in Northern Afghanistan. If they capture the city, it will be the first time the Taliban has controlled a city away from the...
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Islamic State’s One-Year Anniversary Marked by Global Terror; New Challenges...
My Fourth of July long weekend reader: Worldwide terror as the self-declared Islamic State celebrates its first anniversary. Three attacks attributed to the Islamic State struck three different...
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The End of Mullah Omar; Turkey’s Complex New Front in the Anti-ISIS Fight
After a long hiatus, Defense in Depth is back, wrapping up an eventful week: Mullah Omar, the elusive and now erstwhile Taliban leader, has been dead for years, as the Taliban has now confirmed to...
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Seventy Years Since the Day That Changed Everything; A Saudi Ground War in Yemen
Yesterday marked the seventieth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke at the remembrance ceremony, noting “To coexist we must abolish the…ultimate inhumanity...
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Retired Admirals and Generals Weigh in on the Iran Deal; The Families that...
A group of thirty-six retired generals and admirals have released an open letter urging support for the Iran nuclear deal. The group, representing retired leaders from every branch of the military....
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Tensions Rise on the Korean Peninsula; Charting the Human Cost of Post-9/11...
Tensions rise on the Korean peninsula. North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire and harsh rhetoric this week, reflecting rising tensions between the Pyongyang and Seoul. The latest clash began...
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Veterans Affairs Backlog at Historic Low; The Americans Who Leave Home to...
Veterans Affairs case backlog drops below 100,000—an historic first. Roughly 98,500 of the 363,000 pending VA claims are now backlogged, defined by cases that have been pending for more than 125 days....
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