Briefing Room 13.06.26
Simon Whistler · June 13, 2026 · 17 min video · Global
Free 2-minute preview. The full 17 minutes is for Insiders.
What this episode covers
The Franco-German FCAS fighter program is dead, JNIM turns its guns on Mali's Dozo militias, and Myanmar's Arakan Army drafts conscripts in a race against the junta.
From the transcript
Welcome back to The Briefing Room, the weekly front exclusive show where we discuss the conflicts and event stories that only the real nerds can be trusted to handle. And that's you, by the way.
This week we're digging into an all-time failure in the European defense world to the collapse of the joint F-Cast Flight Program between Germany, France, and to a much lesser extent Spain.
Then we're going to take a look at the nation of Mali, where instead of discussing battles between the al-Qaeda-linked insurgency Genim, the tower egg, separatist rebels, and the ruling military government will instead be covering a confrontation between Genim and a new regional adversary.
This transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.
Fronts Insider
Watch the full 17 minutes with Fronts Insider
This episode is one of 127 exclusives made only for Insiders.
$5 a month
or $50 a year
- This episode and all 127 Insider exclusives
- 876 WarFronts and HomeFronts videos without sponsor reads
- Every Insider article
- Cancel any time, 30-day money-back guarantee
Already an Insider? Sign in
Not ready to join?
Get WarFronts Weekly, our free email on the week's conflicts.
A free account unlocks one Insider article a month. Videos are for Insiders only.
Keep going on this story
Anything marked Free needs no account
The US Withdrawal from Iraq is Islamic State's Best Chance for a Comeback
Paweł Wójcik · 12 min read
We Spoke to One of Britain's Top Generals about Drones. This is What He Had to Say.
September 21, 2026
Gen-Z Revolutions are Sweeping the World. How Should the West Deal With Them?
Henrik Hannes Herkel · 13 min read