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War on the Rocks is looking for a detail-oriented membership editor who is committed to the clear communication of sophisticated ideas and is excited to work in the field of national security. Th...

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The Texas National Security Review (TNSR, tnsr.org) is looking for a detail-oriented managing editor who will be responsible for editing long-form scholarly articles, making them clear and access...

http://warontherocks.com/2023/10/texas-national-security-is-hiring-a-managing-editor/

War on the Rocks and Texas National Security Review are seeking to hire two to four paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for about five to 10 hours a week. This position runs from Septe...

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APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 5, 2023 The Texas National Security Review (TNSR, https://tnsr.org) is seeking a motivated, innovative, detail-oriented, and energetic executive editor. We are looking...

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Please note: This is one of two editorial positions we are currently seeking to fill. Check out the Editor/Researcher position as well. The application deadline for both is Oct. 2, 2022. War on t...

http://warontherocks.com/2022/08/were-hiring-an-editor-for-our-membership-community/

Please note: This is one of two editorial positions we are currently seeking to fill. Check out the Membership Editor position as well. The application deadline for both is Oct. 2, 2022. War on t...

http://warontherocks.com/2022/08/were-hiring-an-editor-and-researcher/

Girl Security and the Texas National Security Review have launched a Global Essay Contest. Winning essays will receive cash prizes and winners would be considered for publication with Texas Natio...

http://warontherocks.com/2022/06/global-essay-contest-tnsr-teams-up-with-girl-security/

We are hiring! Metamorphic Media is a privately held company that works with world-class organizations to build, operate, and grow powerful media brands related to global and military affairs. Ou...

http://warontherocks.com/2022/02/we-are-hiring-a-half-time-production-editor/

War on the Rocks and Texas National Security Review are seeking to hire two to four paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for about five to 10 hours a week. This position runs from Janua...

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War on the Rocks and Texas National Security Review are seeking to hire two to four paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for about five to 10 hours a week. This position runs from Sept...

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*We are no longer accepting applications for this position.*   War on the Rocks is looking for a detail-oriented editor to fill some of the duties of our assistant editor, who is planning to ta...

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War on the Rocks and Texas National Security Review are seeking to hire 2 to 4 paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for about 5 to 10 hours a week. This position runs from November 2020 ...

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*We are no longer accepting applications for this position.*   War on the Rocks and Texas National Security Review are seeking to hire 3 or 4 paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for ab...

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***This position has been filled. Thanks for your interest!*** The Texas National Security Review is looking for a highly detail-oriented editor to fill some of the duties of our managing editor,...

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*We are no longer accepting applications for this position.*   War on the Rocks is seeking to hire 2-3 paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for about 5-10 hours a week. This position ru...

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War on the Rocks is seeking to hire 2-3 paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for about 5-10 hours a week. This position runs from late September through December, and may be extended int...

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The deadline to apply for this position is May 12, 2019. War on the Rocks — a growing media and education company focused on strategy, defense, and foreign affairs — is seeking an editor-in-c...

http://warontherocks.com/2019/04/big-news-war-on-the-rocks-is-hiring-an-editor-in-chief/

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION War on the Rocks is looking for a full-time managing editor, as our current managing editor is heading off to graduate school. The manag...

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We are no longer accepting applications for this position.   The Texas National Security Review (https://tnsr.org) is seeking a motivated, innovative, detail-oriented, and energetic executive ed...

http://warontherocks.com/2019/03/executive-editor-of-the-texas-national-security-review/

***This position has been filled. Thanks for your interest!*** War on the Rocks is seeking to hire 2-3 paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for about 5-10 hours a week. This position run...

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Over at his blog Russian Military Analysis, WOTR Senior Editor and Russia expert Michael Kofman has a primer on the Vostok 2018 exercises, which concluded earlier this month, as well as a day-by...

http://warontherocks.com/2018/09/breaking-down-russias-vostok-exercise/

Last week, the Trump administration outlined its plans to establish the sixth branch of the U.S. military: the Space Force. The force will supposedly be stood up by 2020, and the administration ...

http://warontherocks.com/2018/08/short-story-contest-a-day-in-the-life-of-the-space-force-2050/

***This position has been filled. Thank you for your interest!**** War on the Rocks is seeking to hire a paid, half-time (20 hours a week) copy editor for the summer. This position may be extende...

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Editor’s Note: With President Donald Trump in Singapore for the summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, it’s worth hearing from the experts about what the past can teach us about negotiating...

http://warontherocks.com/2018/06/north-korean-denuclearization-lessons-from-history/

WOTR Senior Editor Van Jackson recently participated in a roundtable featuring New Zealand academics discussing the prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula and the upcoming summit between Don...

http://warontherocks.com/2018/05/watch-predicting-the-outcome-of-the-trump-kim-summit/

War on the Rocks is looking for a full-time Engagement Editor who will report directly to the CEO and work closely with other members of the team. This editor will be in charge of engaging with ...

http://warontherocks.com/2018/04/war-on-the-rocks-is-looking-for-a-full-time-engagement-editor/

Our friends at the University of Texas have a great opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students studying national security and intelligence. Overview: The Inman Award competition is desi...

http://warontherocks.com/2018/04/students-submit-your-papers-for-the-inman-award/

Our old operations coordinator moved on to an awesome new job in Hawaii (Who could blame him?). So we need to to replace him! Please read the below carefully. War on the Rocks is looking for a fu...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/12/hiring-operations-coordinator/

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a new Chicago Council on Global Affairs paper by Van Jackson, War on the Rocks senior editor. What will govern predictable and peaceable interact...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/12/whose-rules-rules-contest-order-asia-pacific/

Our very own Van Jackson drops knowledge about maximum pressure (dangerous), whether de-nuclearization on the Korean peninsula is possible (it’s not), and why the United States needs military-t...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/11/van-jackson-talks-nuclear-tensions-on-the-korean-peninsula/

When disaster strikes, helicopters are in high demand. Hundreds participated in rescue efforts following Hurricane Katrina, and dozens more aided residents of Houston and Florida in the wake of H...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/10/puerto-rico-shows-why-the-army-needs-to-look-beyond-helicopters/

Russia has completed the seventh and final day of its much-discussed Zapad 2017 exercise. We saw Russia conduct bomber flights, missile tests, training simulations and more. Head on over to Russi...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/09/zapad-2017-what-we-learned/

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final installment in a short series before the documentary series The Vietnam War (directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick) premieres this Sunday. Do not miss...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/09/facts-about-the-vietnam-war-part-v-bad-strategy-bad-leadership-doomed-south-vietnam-as-much-as-the-curtailing-of-u-s-aid/

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment in a short series before the documentary series The Vietnam War (directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick) premieres this Sunday. Do not miss Part I ...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/09/facts-about-the-vietnam-war-part-iv-u-s-journalists-didnt-lose-the-war-celebrate-the-enemy-or-vilify-american-soldiers/

Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in a short series before the documentary series The Vietnam War (directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick) premieres this Sunday. Do not miss Part I ...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/09/facts-about-the-vietnam-war-part-iii-peace-marchers-didnt-turn-u-s-policy-around/

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a short series before the documentary series The Vietnam War (directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick) premieres this Sunday. Do not miss Part I. Th...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/09/facts-about-the-vietnam-war-part-ii-the-draft-was-a-moral-disgrace/

When the documentary series The Vietnam War premieres this Sunday, it will no doubt open a new chapter in America’s long debate on that war and what it meant. Writing in The New York Times a fe...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/09/facts-about-the-vietnam-war-part-i-they-didnt-fight-with-one-hand-tied-behind-their-backs/

You’ve read a bit about our alliance with the Texas National Security Network, brought to you by the University of Texas. Now you get to be a guest at our launch party in DC, where we ate Blue...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/08/our-big-texas-launch-party-ut-and-wotr-join-forces/

UPDATED 3/3: To supplement the original list, we added more than 20 books that you recommended, as we requested, via social media. Thanks for the input, especially if you understood that your fav...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/02/a-vietnam-war-reading-list-brought-to-you-by-the-war-hall/

As long as U.S. policy toward North Korea relies on coercive pressure, China will always be working at cross-purposes with it. The idea that North Korea is “China’s problem,” or that the pa...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/02/dont-believe-the-hype-chinas-north-korea-policy-is-all-smoke-and-mirrors/

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Interpreter, a digital magazine on international affairs published by the Lowy Institute for International Policy, an independent, no...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/02/americas-central-syria-strategy-problem/

*** WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION ***   A new journal is seeking a motivated, innovative, detail-oriented, and energized managing editor. We are looking for candidate...

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Dave Barno, one of our very own “Strategic Outpost” columnists, made We Are the Mighty’s “Mighty 25: Veterans to Watch in 2017.” See who else made the list! It’s great to see our wri...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/01/watm-on-barno-a-vet-to-watch/

Donald Trump’s transactional view of alliances is, perhaps by accident, largely compatible with the traditional narrative about what extended deterrence is: The United States supplies a “nucl...

http://warontherocks.com/2017/01/lets-make-a-nuclear-deal/

This year may have been a dog’s breakfast, but it sure provided grist for some powerful and – dare we say – important articles on strategy, defense, and foreign affairs. Below we list our t...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/12/most-read-war-on-the-rocks-articles-of-2016/

Our new holiday reading list comes out just in time for you to enter your Amazon order in time for delivery before Christmas. I hope you find something for you on this list. If you’re anything ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/12/the-war-on-the-rocks-2016-holiday-reading-list/

The Asian security landscape is unsettled. The region is quickly becoming multipolar. Hedging strategies — even by U.S. allies — are now commonplace. Intra-regional trust remains low amid myr...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/10/asian-security-after-u-s-hegemony/

The Art of Future Warfare project over at the Atlantic Council has a fun new effort: “A Robot Walks Into a Bar.” They are looking for the funny among you to submit stand-up comedy bits based ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/10/comedy-for-strategy/

Tomorrow, the Atlantic Council will be launching a major report on the future of the U.S. Army by our very own “Strategic Outpost” columnists, Lt. Gen (ret.) Dave Barno and Dr. Nora Bensahel....

http://warontherocks.com/2016/09/what-does-the-future-hold-for-the-u-s-army/

As analysts who believe that economics and quantitative analysis ought to occupy a central role in defense planning, we would like to respond to Matthew Fay’s recent War on the Rocks article, �...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/09/in-defense-of-defense-analysis/

As our readers know, we ran two essays on the conflicts in Syria and Iraq by a Westerner with extensive experience in the Middle East. The author asked for permission to write under a pseudonym a...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/08/an-apology-to-the-real-cyrus-mahboubian/

Tomorrow, we will be publishing the first installment of a new series, “Course Correction.” This series will feature adapted articles from the Cato Institute’s recently released book, Our...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/08/introducing-course-correction-at-war-on-the-rocks/

Editor’s Note: This was originally published by The Interpreter, which is published by the Lowy Institute for International Policy, an independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Sydney. War...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/08/this-asian-leader-just-made-the-best-case-for-tpp-and-americas-role-in-asia/

Last month I had the great opportunity lead a seminar in Cdr Mike Flynn’s Naval Academy summer school course on professional writing. We talked a little bit about speechwriting and the kinds of...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/08/so-you-think-you-can-write-about-national-security/

In 1830, the scions of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad staged a competition between the first U.S. built locomotive and a horse.   The horse won.  The victory was emotional, well-publicized, a...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/a-close-air-support-flyoff-is-a-distraction/

In a recent article (Lessons from the Winter War: Frozen Grit and Finland’s Fabian Defense) Iskander Rehman gives a stirring tale of the Winter War pitting the Soviets against the Finns, but th...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/the-winter-war-this-isnt-the-fabian-strategy-you-are-looking-for/

Since its launch a few years ago, the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF) has sat at the center of a movement to bring innovation into national defense from a broad array of individuals of all rank...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/livecast-with-def-leadership/

I had the honor of joining the latest episode of the Rational Security podcast as a guest. It was a lot of fun. Shane Harris, Susan Hennessey, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Benjamin Wittes have a ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/that-time-i-got-to-be-a-guest-on-one-of-my-favorite-podcasts/

On Monday morning, we hosted a Google Hangout on Air to discuss Friday’s failed coup in Turkey and the actions that the Turkish government is taking in response. Ryan Evans, WOTR’s editor-i...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/watch-live-what-just-happened-in-turkey-what-does-it-mean/

Turkey’s major cities are quiet today after a dramatic coup attempt by a faction within the Turkish military. There is still so much we do not yet know and may not know for quite some time. Had...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/learn-about-turkish-history-as-the-dust-settles/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL2miXbRoWw Image: SSgt Ezekiel R. Kitandwe The post McFate: The Ethics and Future of Private Military and Security Companies appeared first on War on the Rock...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/mcfate-the-ethics-and-future-of-private-military-and-security-companies/

With NATO’s Warsaw Summit beginning today, NATO leaders are expected to decide for the rotational deployment of four multi-national battalions (~4,000 men) in the three Baltic states and Pola...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/false-alert-is-russia-beefing-up-forces-on-natos-border/

The current issue of Foreign Affairs contains an article promoting a distinctive U.S. grand strategy, penned by two established scholars, John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Harvard...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/hoffman-on-the-flaws-of-offshore-balancing/

To mark Independence Day this year, I have selected three speeches by U.S. presidents delivered to mark the holiday during times of war. All three draw on the themes of the Declaration of Indepe...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/07/three-wartime-presidential-independence-day-speeches/

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s latest tranche of Force of the Future (FOTF) initiatives are remarkable not simply for their substance — with top-line proposals offering “common sense imp...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/06/jumpstarting-the-force-of-the-future/

What do a cyber analyst, a satellite marketer, a physics professor, and a technical intelligence collector have in common? Well, based on some of the feedback from our previous War on the Rocks a...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/06/a-higher-standard-communicating-technical-intelligence/

Pop Chart Lab has created this nifty print, presented here as an infographic, of every U.S. military combat vehicle currently in service. Want a copy for your office? Click here. Header image: U...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/06/infographic-combat-vehicles-of-the-u-s-military/

Is Donald Trump really a realist? Does the man have a coherent realist foreign policy, or is he an imperfect realist at best? Realists apparently disagree with both propositions, but who get...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/who-is-the-realest-realist-a-handy-chart/

What? You’re not going to DEF DC Live appeared first on War on the Rocks .

http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/watch-defx-dc-live/

Registering for the Selective Service is easier than it’s ever been. As long as you know your social security number, you can register in less than two minutes. Ordering a meal and creating a p...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/rebooting-the-selective-service/

Editor’s Note: Tickets to the 6th annual China Defense and Security Conference can be purchased here. For over two decades, the People’s Republic of China has been engaged in a grand project ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/keeping-up-with-chinas-evolving-military-strategy/

This infographic presents an overview of the U.S. Army since 1960. The graphs (from top to bottom) depict the Army’s major deterrence and operational commitments, total budget and mix of spendi...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/infographic-the-u-s-army-from-1960-to-today/

Mea culpa. In my last essay, “A Neflix Assessment of China’s Rise and America’s Advantage,” I used the word “never” to express a conviction — as in, China “will never dominate” ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/04/on-the-eternal-importance-of-demographics-and-allies/

The Department of Defense’s “Force of the Future” reforms have been the subject of intense criticism as of late — both openly from Capitol Hill, where some have deemed the reforms “solu...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/04/force-of-the-future-and-the-alleged-millennial-problem/

Stephen Gerras and Leonard Wong argue that officers should take the same test currently administered to enlistees in order to track intelligence longitudinally towards the goal of improving offic...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/04/is-the-smartest-officer-the-best-officer/

Late last summer, a friend asked if I would be interested in being interviewed for the second season of Serial. As one of the apparently few people in America who had not heard the first season o...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/04/afghanistan-bowe-bergdahl-and-the-lessons-of-serial/

Should the U.S. Army take on Asia? That’s what Andrew Krepinevich argued recently at RealClearDefense. He suggests that the U.S. Army can contribute to greater combat capability in the Western ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/04/dont-let-the-tyranny-of-jointness-rule-the-indo-pacific/

The Taliban terrorists that bombed a public park in Lahore yesterday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearly 300 more — many of them women and children — were not just bad guys. They...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/03/the-lahore-blast-and-the-most-dangerous-people-in-pakistan/

One of the best measures of true democracy in a state is the extent to which that state’s police forces exist to protect its citizens versus the state. Prioritizing individuals ensures that the...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/03/what-ted-cruz-gets-wrong-about-policing-and-terrorism/

In “Rigor in Joint Professional Military Education,” Nick Murray argues that Congress and the Pentagon have done a poor job defining what it is they want the staff and war colleges to do and,...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/03/professional-military-education-and-the-rigor-problem/

We are happy to welcome Michael C. Horowitz to the War on the Rocks family as a senior editor. Michael is an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and the a...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/03/new-firepower-at-wotr-welcoming-michael-horowitz-as-senior-editor/

  ODNI Title: Answer to Questions about Custody of Children and Related issues To/from: ?/Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman Date: December/January, 2008/2009 (Muharam 1430) Link: English/Arabic   ODNI T...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/03/an-index-of-newly-declassified-bin-laden-documents/

Recently, War on the Rocks held a special screening of the Academy Award-nominated Danish film A War. The film tells the story of a Danish company commander deployed in Helmand Province, Afgh...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/02/i-could-nearly-smell-the-afghan-air-reviews-from-wotrs-screening-of-a-war/

War on the Rocks is thrilled to be working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to bring you a live-stream of this special event. David Kilcullen, Founder and Chairman of Ca...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/02/special-live-stream-event-david-kilcullen-on-21st-century-urban-warfare/

Women have been serving honorably in the armed forces for as long as the armed forces have existed — they’ve either hidden their gender, seen combat “unofficially,” or served in “suppor...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/02/of-course-women-should-register-for-the-draft/

With the U.S. Army largely returned to American soil after a decade and a half abroad, Army officials are eyeing security cooperation and assistance as long-term missions for the nation’s land ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/02/three-tips-for-regionally-aligned-soldiers/

Noted scholar and strategic thinker Hal Brands has fired the latest volley in the War of the Gray Wars with an E-Note at FPRI. The origins of this war are hazy, but its most recent battles were ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/02/icymi-the-war-of-the-gray-wars-continues/

Dan Drezner thinks Donald Trump is a realist and that therefore academic realists should endorse him for President of the United States.  There are only two problems with this.  First, Donald T...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/02/donald-trump-realism-and-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/

Last week, we published an article by Steven Wills on why the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is the U.S. Navy’s best option. CDR Salamander did not concur and published his response over at his blo...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/02/the-lcs-wars-continue/

There is a fairly universal consensus in Washington that Russia presents a potential geopolitical threat to the United States. The threat derives from Vladimir Putin’s desire to reshape the int...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/01/threatening-russia-will-not-bring-pro-western-forces-to-power-in-moscow/

Steve Wills’ reflection on the Budget Memo from Secretary of Defense Carter to Secretary of the Navy Mabus made some important observations about the way the Office of the Secretary of Defense ...

http://warontherocks.com/2016/01/posture-vs-presence-and-the-future-of-american-naval-forces/

                              Editor’s Note: This was originally published by War on the Rocks last Christmas   The post Christmas Photos from the World Wars appeared first o...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/christmas-photos-from-the-world-wars/

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s recent memo to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus detailed cuts to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in order to pay for a collection of new and legacy platforms ...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/secretary-carters-memo-and-the-lcs/

We are a little tardy with this year’s holiday reading list, but there is still time for Santa (or Amazon) to get these books to you or your loved ones in time! Please see what our contributors...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/war-on-the-rocks-2015-holiday-reading-list/

Julia Santucci, a senior adviser at the U.S. State Department, penned an article this week on the relationship between countering violent extremism and gender equality (“Countering Violent Extr...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/gender-inequality-and-terrorism-this-is-not-the-causal-relationship-youre-looking-for/

A recent War on the Rocks article, “How the System Went After a War Hero: Jason Amerine Goes to Washington,” discusses allegations against Lt. Col. Jason Amerine and the investigation that fo...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/how-to-demonize-army-leaders/

Following the horrific attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, there has been a fierce debate about whether containing the Islamic State is enough. As a contribution to this debate, a recent New Yor...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/does-the-islamic-state-want-an-apocalyptic-showdown-not-so-fast/

The Budget Control Act’s (BCA) guillotine is poised to slice off part of America’s ground combat brain with across-the-board 25-percent cuts to Army headquarters. In addition to smaller staff...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/a-smiths-eye-view-from-korea-on-army-headquarters-reduction/

Commander Matt Schnappauf’s recent piece on the release of the British Strategic Defence and Security Review pointed out something that has been clear for a while now: The Royal Navy has been i...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/the-decline-and-fall-of-british-sea-power-may-not-be-over/

This past Monday, Michèle Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense for policy and CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), spoke on a panel co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute an...

http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/investing-in-the-next-generation-of-national-security-leaders/