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Colin Demarest

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💥 author, future of defense, @axios.com. 📩 cdemarest(at)protonmail(dot)com. ™️ www.axios.com/signup/future-of-defe…

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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
SCOOP: In August, Ukraine tried to sell battle-proven tech for downing Iranian drones — & made a PowerPoint showing how it could protect US & its allies in a war But the Trump adm dismissed it until now @barakravid.bsky.social @demarest-colin.bsky.social & I www.axios.com/2026/03/10/u...
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Exclusive: U.S. dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year
Snubbing Ukraine's offer ranks as one of the U.S.'s biggest tactical miscalculations before the war, officials say.
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“The treaty was a huge net benefit for U.S. national security.” - @kingstonareif.bsky.social of RAND, quoted in this @demarest-colin.bsky.social newsletter about the end of New START www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🤯How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world. David Lawler @marcacaputo.bsky.social @demarest-colin.bsky.social and me write for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
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How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world
Zelensky listened on speaker phone as Witkoff and Kushner read, line by line, from a 28-point plan.
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
My best work to date.
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Stephen Bates @batess.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Good shot of @demarest-colin.bsky.social today at the Second Front #offset25 Symposium.
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Jared Keller @laserwars.net · 26/04/2025
Looks like US troops are testing Raytheon's Coyote interceptor at the Al-Tanf Garrison in Syria, according to new photos published to DVIDS www.dvidshub.net/image/898290... (cc @demarest-colin.bsky.social)
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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 04/04/2025
Senior Mario Reporter, checking in, with updates on tariffs for the Mushroom Kingdom:
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Ari Cicurel @aricicurel.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The latest JINSA data on US strikes against the Houthis appeared in this morning’s @axios.com future of defense newsletter: The US launched at least 612% more strikes in March than during all operations targeting the Houthis since November. @demarest-colin.bsky.social www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 30/01/2025
Some thoughts on last night's tragedy over the Potomac. www.axios.com/2025/01/30/p...
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A stacked Future of Defense this week... 🚨 Directionless energy, aka a Navy "embarrassed" 🇯🇵 An exclusive look at V-BAT deliveries to Japan 🪖 Talking next-gen networks with Gabe Camarillo 💪 And a chat with General Catalyst's Paul Kwan www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Jared Keller @laserwars.net · 22/01/2025
#LaserWars with a nice shoutout in @demarest-colin.bsky.social's @axios.com Future of Defense newsletter this AM! www.axios.com/2025/01/22/n... Read more here and SUBSCRIBE laserwars.substack.com/p/marine-cor...
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Joe Lonsdale, 8VC's managing partner, told me that Overland AI is postured to become "the next great defense prime." The millions will be used to hire more people, sharpen software development and wade into hardware. www.axios.com/2025/01/13/o...
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Exclusive: Defense firm Overland AI raises $32 million
8VC managing partner Joe Lonsdale said Overland AI is poised to become "the next great defense prime."
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The Return of Havana Syndrome. www.theatlantic.com/internationa... A new intelligence report raises questions about a possible mystery weapon. My latest.
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The Return of Havana Syndrome
A new intelligence report raises questions about a possible mystery weapon.
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Axios @axios.com · 10/01/2025
One of the most devastating types of cyberattack companies face today has been around for decades — and its perpetrators have hardly had to innovate to stay profitable.
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How a gang's takedown revealed their playbook behind ransomware attacks
One of the most devastating cyberattacks plaguing companies today has been around for a decade — and its perpetrators have hardly had to innovate to stay profitable.
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Axios @axios.com · 08/01/2025
Mexico's president clapped back at Trump and said parts of the U.S. should be called "América Mexicana," in response to Trump's proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."
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Mexican president claps back at Trump, says U.S. should be called "América Mexicana"
Mexico's playful reaction came amid serious rebukes to Trump.
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Stephen Bates @batess.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
@demarest-colin.bsky.social proving once again, the traditional metal bending defense contractors (NGC, Thales) etc are email people, and the AI/software crowd (Anduril, Palantir, etc) are Slack-first people.
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Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Iran 2025: Nuclear crisis awaits Trump. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/01/06/t...
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Iran 2025: Nuclear crisis awaits Trump
Some Trump advisers are pondering the military option.
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Axios @axios.com · 06/01/2025
BREAKING: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau resigned from his position as the leader of the Liberal Party. "I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust nationwide, competitive process."
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns as party leader
His resignation is the latest signal of the growing instability in the world's leading democracies.
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Axios @axios.com · 03/01/2025
NEW: Trump announced that he is appointing Morgan Ortagus as deputy special presidential envoy for Middle East peace. She criticized Trump's "isolationist" foreign policy and his personal behavior several years ago.
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Trump appoints (and rebukes) Morgan Ortagus as deputy Middle East envoy
"Morgan fought me for three years, but hopefully has learned her lesson."
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
The S&P 500's three biggest winners this year (and they won very, very big) had one thing in common: AI. www.axios.com/2024/12/31/s...
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The biggest S&P 500 winners and losers of 2024, led by AI names
AI made a lot of money this year, if you invested in the right players.
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Axios @axios.com · 23/12/2024
Fearing political retribution and strained by new business challenges, media companies that once covered Trump with skepticism — and in many cases, disdain — are reconsidering their approach.
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Media's suck-up moment
National outlets are trying to signal they're no longer out for blood.
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William “Balloon Guy” Kim @thekimulation.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Died 2024 Born 2024 Welcome back Houthi F-5
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
🇨🇳👀🎄 www.axios.com/2024/12/26/c...
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China has a stealthy new warplane
The aircraft emerges amid fiery airpower debates — manned versus unmanned, mainly — in the U.S. and abroad.
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
There are 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria — not 900, as has been repeated. They were there before the fall of the Assad regime. But a Pentagon spokesperson got the updated numbers “today.” (With @barakravid.bsky.social) www.axios.com/2024/12/19/u...
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Scoop: Top State Dept. official to visit Syria in sign of U.S. reengagement
This is the first official visit to Syria in many years.
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Axios @axios.com · 19/12/2024
The reports of drones have sparked an Orson-Welles-reminiscent hysteria on social media, and the theories have been both far-ranging and, in some cases, far-fetched. Some claim they are aliens — and another sect of theories contends the sightings could be angels.
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The what-ifs war: Why drone sightings have driven conspiracy theory delirium
But experts say Americans are not more susceptible to believing conspiracy theories than others.
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Surveillance tools and counter-drone weaponry used outside of the U.S. — at military bases abroad, or on Ukraine's front lines — are different from what's in use here. www.axios.com/2024/12/17/d...
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DHS secretary calls for more money to track drones
"We know of no threat," Alejandro Mayorkas said of the drone sightings on the east coast.
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Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
🇺🇸🇸🇦Scoop: Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff meets Saudi Crown Prince MBS. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2024/12/13/t...
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Trump's Middle East envoy talks Gaza war, U.S.-Saudi relations with MBS
It was the first meeting between MBS and a member of the incoming Trump administration since the November elections.
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Dave Brown @davebrown.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
You laugh now, but I predict massive cost overruns for the Arctic Special Field Artillery Semi Functional All Season Developmental Final All-terrain Specialized Fancy Drivable Fort
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Hope King @hopeking.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
GM has tough homework to finish in its core business before it can go outside to play robo-taxi operator. The bet it made during ZIRP era is one it can no longer afford amid demand concerns for cars and an EV strategy to execute. More from my report in @axios.com here www.axios.com/2024/12/11/g...
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GM scrapped its $50 billion robotaxi dream, ceding game to Tesla and Waymo
GM's main business of selling cars has gotten tougher, it's struggling in China, and it's also trying to build profitable EV business.
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Axios @axios.com · 11/12/2024
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr. believes the CIA had a role in assassinating JFK and wants to get his daughter-in-law near the top of the agency to help prove it.
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Exclusive: RFK Jr.'s secret push to prove CIA killed uncle
"RFK believes that and wants to get to the bottom of it," a source told Axios.
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This A.M. Read more: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
See me, spot me, say what’s up 👋🏼
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
NEW (#Driscoll) via @axios.com's @sophiacai.bsky.social, @demarest-colin.bsky.social & @lucillesherman.bsky.social: "#Trump will nominate #JDVance's friend and Yale Law School classmate #DanDriscoll for Army secretary." www.axios.com/2024/12/04/d...
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Trump picks Dan Driscoll for Army secretary
Driscoll is a friend and Yale Law School classmate of Vice President-elect JD Vance.
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Axios @axios.com · 04/12/2024
BREAKING: Trump will nominate JD Vance's friend and Yale Law School classmate Dan Driscoll for Army secretary.
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Trump picks Dan Driscoll for Army secretary
Driscoll is a friend and Yale Law School classmate of Vice President-elect JD Vance.
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The next U.S. Army secretary — Dan Driscoll? — will inherit a service in flux, as it overhauls everything from its backroom networks to its frontline weapons. www.axios.com/2024/12/04/d...
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Trump picks Dan Driscoll for Army secretary
Driscoll is a friend and Yale Law School classmate of Vice President-elect JD Vance.
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Axios @axios.com · 03/12/2024
BREAKING: President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared an "emergency martial law" during a televised briefing.
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South Korean president declares emergency martial law
Yoon declared martial law to protect against "the threat of North Korean communist forces."
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Michael C. Horowitz @mchorowitz.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Check out my latest - Battles of Precise Mass - in @foreignaffairs.com. From Ukraine to the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific, operational and tech advances at the intersection of precision and mass are driving a shift in the character of war! www.foreignaffairs.com/world/battle...
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Battles of Precise Mass
Technology is remaking war—and America must adapt.
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Alex Mitchell @amitchell4.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Russian information operations are the most effective and reliable weapons in the Kremlin’s arsenal. Doubling down on this stuff is an easy call - it works.
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Axios @axios.com · 27/11/2024
BREAKING: Three Americans were released from China following a prisoner exchange between Washington and Beijing.
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Three Americans freed in prisoner swap with China
All three Americans had been detained in China for years.
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Colin Demarest @demarest-colin.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Backed into a corner of called bluffs, lowered thresholds and protracted fights, Russia hit Ukraine with an "experimental" IRBM, Oreshnik. It landed amid nerves already frayed by global conflict, alarmist headlines and nuclear rhetoric. Vladimir Putin knew the vibe. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Axios @axios.com · 26/11/2024
👋 Bluesky! 👀 Here's a starter pack of Axios journalists delivering coverage on topics ranging from business and economy to politics and policy. 🔁 Please follow and share.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
F-35 program office is subtweeting Elon now.
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William “Balloon Guy” Kim @thekimulation.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I was told there’s a lack of defense memes in this site and I’m here to fix that
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Axios @axios.com · 25/11/2024
SCOOP: Trump is expected to appoint ultra loyalist Kash Patel to a high-profile position at either the FBI or the Justice Department, top transition sources tell Axios.
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Scoop: Trump likely to tap loyalist Kash Patel for top FBI or DOJ post
If named FBI deputy director, Patel would not require Senate confirmation.
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Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This was just a matter of time - Russia is filming an "action movie" about a Russian FPV unit that is "based on real events." The film will show "in great detail" how FPV drone units operate - in this case, to "rescue hostages deep within enemy territory." t.me/projectArcha...
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Real talk: A lot of typically staid Pentagon individuals are angry about this move. They see Donahue as one of the best generals in the U.S. military, often very challenging assignments.
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Brian Carter @briancarter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Houthis are now a strategic threat with global implications for the US. The US decision to "avoid" escalation has failed and the Houthis are undeterred. The policy of "managing escalation" in fact encourages escalation and protracts conflicts. My latest www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/the...
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Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
For folks interested in reading on the Russian approach to escalation, deterrence via intimidation versus through limited use of force, concepts of dosed or deterrent damage, etc. warontherocks.com/2022/09/esca...
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Escalation Management and Nuclear Employment in Russian Military Strategy - War on the Rocks
Editor’s Note: After the Russian military collapse in and around Kharkiv Oblast, there is now renewed concern that Russian leaders could behave
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