War on the Rocks

The 51st State That Never Was: Why the United States Di...

Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In ...

The Continental Divide

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provide...

Ukraine’s Daunting Choice: Trading Its Land and People ...

Wars are almost always about land. Ukraine’s determined and heroic defense of it...

Defeating the Houthis Will Require More Than Killing Th...

Edmund Fitton-Brown, the former British ambassador to Yemen, recounted a chillin...

Rewind and Reconnoiter: How Likely Is an Invasion of Ta...

In 2024, Amanda Hsiao wrote “A Post-Election Risk Assessment for the Taiwan Stra...

Transforming NATO for the Future Fight

Will NATO be able to innovate and adapt before a crisis? Adm. Pierre Vandier pop...

New Blood: Putin is Setting Up Russian Veterans to Take...

As the battlefields of Ukraine are covered in the blood of young men, the halls ...

In Brief: How the Trump Administration Can Address Mili...

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. W...

How to Get the Most Out of the U.S.-Indian Defense Part...

Upon taking office, President Donald Trump threatened reciprocal duties against ...

Software-Defined Warships: The Navy’s Digital Future of...

In 2024, U.S. Navy warships received their first ever over-the-air software upda...

How Can We Measure if Defense Innovation Works?

The Pentagon still lacks clear ways to measure if the organizations charged with...

In Brief: Biden’s Last Chance at Foreign Policy Moves

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. W...

Rewind and Reconnoiter: Shifting Strategies in Afghanistan

In 2021, Thomas Spahr wrote “Adapting Intelligence to the New Afghanistan,” wher...

War and Thanksgiving

Editor’s Note: This is our annual Thanksgiving article, originally published in ...

The Patient Efforts Behind Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Succe...

“God willing,” the militant told his lieutenants, they would “be able to celebra...

The Adversarial

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert anal...

Moving Toward Defense as a Service

History and pre-history are littered with the corpses of competitors who failed ...

Hunting for Submarines in the Warming Ocean

TNSR Managing Editor Rick Landgraf sits down with Mauro Gilli to discuss the eff...

In Brief: Evolving Relations Between the European Union...

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. W...

Waiting for a Theory of Victory in Ukraine

Mike Kofman and Ryan have a high-level conversation on strategy in this war, or ...

America is Not Prepared for a Protracted War

The gruesome ongoing war in Ukraine should have shattered any remaining illusion...

Rewind and Reconnoiter: Underestimating the Enemy

In 2021, Caesar Nafrada and Joseph Caddell wrote “‘Never Thought They Could Pull...

Seizing the Moment: Armenia and Azerbaijan at a Crossroads

The geopolitical turbulence triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine, Western effort...

Where Do We Go From Here?

The team sat down to talk about the very bleak situation in Ukraine. Is it impos...

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