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Jack Detsch

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Jack Detsch is Foreign Policy’s Pentagon and national security reporter. He was previously a staff writer for Al-Monitor covering intelligence and defense.

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A silhouette of a person on a tank.

Putin’s Invasion Has Turbocharged NATO Defense Spending

Situation Report
Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
Russian soldiers wear chemical protection suits as they stand next to model of Russian Topol intercontinental ballistic missile during a training session at the Serpukhov's military missile forces research institute some 100km outside Moscow on April 6, 2010.
Russian soldiers wear chemical protection suits as they stand next to model of Russian Topol intercontinental ballistic missile during a training session at the Serpukhov's military missile forces research institute some 100km outside Moscow on April 6, 2010.

Ukraine Wants NATO’s Help Against Russia’s WMDs

Report
Jack Detsch
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Madrid on June 28.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Madrid on June 28.

Turkey Lifts Objections to Swedish, Finnish NATO Membership

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Jack Detsch, Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is greeted by NATO Secretary General during the NATO summit at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels on June 14, 2021.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is greeted by NATO Secretary General during the NATO summit at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels on June 14, 2021.

What Turkey Wants

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Jack Detsch
A missile is fired.
A missile is fired.

South Korea Stares Into the Nuclear Abyss

Situation Report
Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
The robot Spot
The robot Spot

Ukraine’s Bomb Squads Have a New Top Dog

Report
Jack Detsch
MQ-9 Reaper drone
MQ-9 Reaper drone

‘It’s Not Afghanistan’: Ukrainian Pilots Push Back on U.S.-Provided Drones

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Jack Detsch
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Washington Worries China Is Winning Over Thailand

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Jack Detsch
Lloyd Austin stares down, wearing a suit, his hands clasped together.
Lloyd Austin stares down, wearing a suit, his hands clasped together.

Biden’s Defense Chief Puts Alliances at Center Stage of U.S. Defense

Situation Report
Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (left) and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov attend a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group ahead of a NATO defense ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on June 15.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (left) and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov attend a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group ahead of a NATO defense ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on June 15.

Ukraine Still Wants Heavy Metal

Report
Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch, Amy Mackinnon
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting.

Putin’s Lies About the War Hobble Russia’s Offensive

Dispatch
Jack Detsch
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Bundestag via live video from the embattled city of Kyiv on March 17, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Bundestag via live video from the embattled city of Kyiv on March 17, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.

Zelensky Wants Asia to Stop Enabling Putin’s War

Dispatch
Jack Detsch
Lloyd Austin walks off a plane on red stairs.
Lloyd Austin walks off a plane on red stairs.

U.S. Defense Secretary to Meet Chinese Counterpart

Situation Report
Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping talk in 2011.
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping talk in 2011.

Pentagon Hopes for More China Hotlines

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Jack Detsch
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with US President Joe Biden prior to their meeting at the 'Villa la Grange' in Geneva on June 16, 2021.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with US President Joe Biden prior to their meeting at the 'Villa la Grange' in Geneva on June 16, 2021.

Biden Is Still Worried About Poking the Russian Bear

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Jack Detsch
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