Major military conference adds health-themed summit to its annual show
The MCON 2025 is scheduled for Oct. 23-26 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Todd South
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US defense secretary calls China’s refusal to meet unfortunate
On a stop in Tokyo, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed the importance of communication between Washington's and Beijing's defense authorities.
Defense budgets set to dominate yet another NATO summit
Despite pleas to set aside bickering over military spending so the issue doesn’t dominate a third NATO summit in a row, the United States is almost certain to demand again this week that its 28 NATO partners respect their pledges to boost defense budgets.
Impeachment shadows Trump on trip to NATO leaders meeting
Crying foul over timing, President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of scheduling this week’s impeachment hearing to undercut him during his trip abroad for a NATO summit playing out at a crucial moment for the 70-year-old military alliance.
North Korea says it won’t give Trump a summit for free
North Korea on Monday responded to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that hinted at another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying it has no interest in giving Trump further meetings to brag about unless it gets something substantial in return.
High stakes for Putin, Erdogan summit on northeast Syria
Turkey’s president is to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this week in talks crucial to the outcome of Turkey’s latest incursion into northern Syria , and to the broader Syrian war.
The boys of summer have gone: PODCAST
Defense Nerds podcast for Sept. 9 -- Defense spending, Trump's cancelled peace summit, NFL 2019
All-Afghan peace summit set for July, but on Taliban terms
A surprise announcement by President Donald Trump seemed to accelerate the expected time frame for U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of an all-Afghan peace summit planned for July 7-8 in Qatar. The gathering apparently will be held on Taliban terms as there will be no official Afghan government representation.
Kim Jong Un’s sister back in public eye at North Korea’s mass games
The powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a public event in Pyongyang for the first time in more than 50 days, casting further doubt on media speculation that he had ordered her to lay low over the failed nuclear summit with Washington.
Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year’s end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the North’s state-run media said Saturday.
This nonprofit helps vets — by organizing projects for those vets to help others
Mission Continues is a nonprofit dedicated to giving veterans an opportunity to use their military skills to help under-served communities nationwide.
By Joshua Axelrod
Biological and chemical weapons: the other threats from North Korea
When it comes to North Korea, all eyes are on nuclear weapons, but the lack of attention toward chemical and biological capabilities weakens defense against potential attacks, according to experts in the field.
By Beverly Banks, Medill News Service