I do not know the origins of the Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian War, but I can ...

Can America deter China if its warships are stuck in port? Probably not. And the problem is made worse by chronic ...

In 2024, Tom Johansmeyer wrote “Why Natural Catastrophes Will Always Be Worse than Cyber Catastrophes,” where he laid to rest ...

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I served 20 years in the Army and today is the first Veterans Day since joining the War on the Rocks team last year. We ...

Uncertainty over Western military and economic assistance means Ukraine needs to further husband its resources and make hard decisions in 2024. Yet despite this gloomy reality, with Western support ...

On Nov. 15, 2014 at the Reagan National Defense Forum, former Secretary of Defense Hagel announced a new “Defense Innovation Initiative” aimed at discovering ways to improve America’s military ...

As the United States continues to increase its military presence in the Caribbean and to strike boats that the government ...

Editor’s note: Don’t miss our comprehensive guide to Russia’s war against Ukraine. In the two weeks prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Marine Corps University ran a four-day wargame to simulate ...

The House and Senate appropriations committees each approved their own versions of the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act in July, which means that, as lawmakers return from ...