Barbara Starr Reports

USC senior fellow @ Center on Comms Leadership & Policy, occasional commentator @BBCAmerica, CBS streaming, more than two decades covering Pentagon and NatSec @CNN. @bstarrrreports on X

Articles

It ain’t about tiaras and teacups lads

Women with serious royal titles are engaging in military training. Can we learn something from them?

May 29•Barbara Starr

What happened??? US weapons stockpiles are down, cuts in training loom

How did this happen so fast? Didn’t Trump and Hegseth tell us they rebuilt everything?
May 13•Barbara Starr

Before it goes “butt ugly” please fix the WHCA dinner

Everyone did a great job. But we all knew the problems
Apr 27•Barbara Starr

48 hours from now, the world will know about Trump

Is Hegseth risking the moral center of the US military?
Apr 4•Barbara Starr

Does Hegseth think he is just a younger version of Trump?

Yell and insult the media has been the strategy but a federal judge steps in.
Mar 23•Barbara Starr

It’s 2026 Mr. President. Time for actual modern warfare in Iran

Counting how many bombs are dropped has never been a measure of success.
Mar 18•Barbara Starr

So how do bombing campaigns work?

The target list in Iran is just the beginning
Mar 8•Barbara Starr

In wartime Americans look to Trump for statesmanship

But Trump is still busy looking at his ballroom
Mar 2•Barbara Starr