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In Brief: What’s Next for ISIL in Syria?

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

Stealth and Scale: Quality, Quantity, and Modern Milita...

From strikes by uncrewed aerial systems launching precision Hellfire missiles in...

War on the Rocks is Hiring Paid, Part-Time Copy Editors

War on the Rocks is seeking to hire two to four paid, part-time copy editors to ...

Alliance Networking in Europe and the Indo-Pacific

Will Donald Trump’s return to the White House lead to an unraveling of the secur...

Merry Christmas from the Johnsons

If Santa had a Christmas list for the Cold War, it might look something like Gen...

Rewind and Reconnoiter: Targeted Killings

In 2021, Colin Clarke wrote “Killing Terrorist Leaders Is No Silver Bullet,” whe...

What the Pentagon’s New Report on Chinese Military Powe...

China’s military is both corrupt and increasingly capable. Yesterday, the Pentag...

What’s Next in Syria?

The fall of Bashar al-Assad is transforming not just Syria but also dynamics in ...

In Brief: The Economic and Security Complexities of the...

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

From the Land of Love to the Best-Ever Map of Potash

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

Soviet-India Relations: Cold War Contest and Cooperation

Kerry Anderson talks with Gokul Sahni, author of “The Main Drivers of Soviet For...

Cyber Campaign Plans and Other Fairy Tales

You might not think of military planners as the authors of fairy tales, but unfo...

The Last Gasp of Peace: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2019. The story of the C...

The First U.S. Army Christmas: Washington and the Hessians

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2023. It is a story so w...

The Cost of Sovereignty? The Future of Britain’s Defens...

“Broken” and “hollowed out” was then-Labour Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey...

Most Read War on the Rocks Articles of 2024

As we close out 2024, War on the Rocks reflects on the stories and analyses that...

“NUTS!” — McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas Letter

Editor’s Note: In honor of Christmas, we proudly publish the text of Brig. Gen. ...

U.S. Free Association with Greenland: A Bad Deal

In a press conference on Jan. 7, President-elect Donald Trump declined to rule o...

In Brief: How Long Until Defense Tech Limited Partners ...

This is a special edition of our members-only newsletter, In Brief, where each w...

Can Europe Fight for Taiwan?

Should a war erupt with China over Taiwan, many observers seem to think that Eur...

Machine Failing: The Linkage Between Software Developme...

Rick Landgraf talks with Jeffrey Ding, author of “Machine Failing: How Systems A...

Exploring the Implications of Precise Mass

Back from their holiday break, Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Michael Horowitz...

The United States Can’t Afford to Not Harden its Air Bases

For decades, the United States has relied on airpower and the qualitative superi...

A Blueprint for Digital Transformation at the Departmen...

At a roundtable with industry and academia at the Defense Innovation Unit, I met...

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