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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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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Gaza Strip during a press conference at the Government Press Office in Jerusalem on Sept. 4.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Gaza Strip during a press conference at the Government Press Office in Jerusalem on Sept. 4.

Israel’s ‘Seven-Front War’
Situation Report
Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC.

The White House’s Puzzling Optimism Over Prospects for Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
Situation Report
Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during a high-level U.N. Security Council meeting.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during a high-level U.N. Security Council meeting.

Zelensky Reshuffles Cabinet as War Reaches Critical Juncture
Report
Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch
An armed man in a tactical vest walks on a platform above a square filled with cars.
An armed man in a tactical vest walks on a platform above a square filled with cars.

Al Qaeda Expands Its Footprint in Afghanistan
Report
Jack Detsch
Rebecca Lissner (left), the deputy national security advisor to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, and policy advisor Ike Irby (center) speak with communications director Kirsten Allen before departing George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 1.
Rebecca Lissner (left), the deputy national security advisor to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, and policy advisor Ike Irby (center) speak with communications director Kirsten Allen before departing George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 1.

The Grand Strategist Who Has Kamala’s Ear
Situation Report
Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in protest over the war in Gaza near the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where the Democratic National Convention is taking place, on Aug. 21. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in protest over the war in Gaza near the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where the Democratic National Convention is taking place, on Aug. 21. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

How Is Foreign Policy Driving the U.S. Vote?
Situation Report
Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer, Amy Mackinnon
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C), with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden (R), attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C), with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden (R), attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

Biden’s Ukraine Strategy Is Missing in Action
Report
Jack Detsch, Amy Mackinnon
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks alongside U.S. President Joe Biden during a Ukraine Compact initiative on the sidelines of the NATO Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on July 11.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks alongside U.S. President Joe Biden during a Ukraine Compact initiative on the sidelines of the NATO Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on July 11.

Washington Is Out of Sync With Its Wartime Allies
Situation Report
Jack Detsch, Amy Mackinnon
Ukrainian servicemen in camouflage uniform ride an armored vehicle down a paved road beneath a cloudy sky. Directly next to the road is forest, pressing up against the soldiers in a wall of lush greenery.
Ukrainian servicemen in camouflage uniform ride an armored vehicle down a paved road beneath a cloudy sky. Directly next to the road is forest, pressing up against the soldiers in a wall of lush greenery.

What Is Ukraine’s Goal in Kursk?
Report
Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Strait of Hormuz as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off from the flight deck on Nov. 19, 2019.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Strait of Hormuz as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off from the flight deck on Nov. 19, 2019.

America’s Middle East Defense Rests on Aircraft Carriers
Report
Jack Detsch
Basketball players Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, and Karl Malone stand in a line wearing matching U.S. flag sweatshirts and Olympic gold medals. Jordan is in the center, raising his hand and making the peace or victory sign.
Basketball players Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, and Karl Malone stand in a line wearing matching U.S. flag sweatshirts and Olympic gold medals. Jordan is in the center, raising his hand and making the peace or victory sign.

America Is No Longer Basketball’s Sole Superpower
Review
Jack Detsch, Rishi Iyengar
Then-Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrives to attend the meeting of Russia’s and Iran’s presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 7, 2023.
Then-Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrives to attend the meeting of Russia’s and Iran’s presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 7, 2023.

The Kremlin Plays Mideast Crisis Broker
Situation Report
Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier (left) transits the Strait of Hormuz alongside the USS Farragut and the U.K. Royal Navy's HMS Defender.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier (left) transits the Strait of Hormuz alongside the USS Farragut and the U.K. Royal Navy's HMS Defender.

The Already Stretched U.S. Military Prepares to Defend Israel
Report
Jack Detsch
An Israeli Air Force fighter jet flies over the border area of northern Israel with south Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.
An Israeli Air Force fighter jet flies over the border area of northern Israel with south Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.

High-Profile Assassinations Push Iran and Israel to the Brink of War
Report
Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
A vote sign is seen in a polling location as voters check in to cast ballots in Atlanta, Georgia on May 21.
A vote sign is seen in a polling location as voters check in to cast ballots in Atlanta, Georgia on May 21.

Foreign Interference in U.S. Election Heats Up
Situation Report
Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer
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