We hope your Thanksgiving-related hangovers were milder than ours (some of us took this advice on what wine to drink on Thanksgiving to heart)! Instead of battling crowds of rabid shoppers, have...
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Welcome to the latest edition of weekend reading! Did you miss our talk with SECDEF? WOTR’s Ryan Evans sat down with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in his office this week to chat about how th...
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France and its friends and allies are still reeling from yesterday’s Mumbai-style assault on multiple targets across Paris. Last night in Paris, gunmen laden with explosive belts attacked a co...
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Happy Halloween! No tricks here, just a treat: our Weekend Reading list. So put a bowl of candy outside the door, make yourself a cocktail, and catch up on some of the best things we read thi...
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Happy weekend, WOTR readers! Got some time to kill and want to read (or watch) something interesting? We got you. Russia spices up its intervention in Syria with drone footage A Russian websi...
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So you made it through the work week, and we’ve got your reward. Here are some of the best things we read this week. So grab a cup of coffee, or something a bit stronger if its after five ...
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If it’s Friday, it’s WOTR’s Weekend Reading. (Trying out new taglines … please don’t sue us, NBC). Assad, the pawn on Putin’s chessboard Russia’s stepped-up involvement in Syria c...
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War games, peace games. You need to read this fascinating (if overly idealistic) essay on games of war, peace, imagination at Nautilis. One of the threads pulled out by the author, Jonathan Kea...
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OPM failed harder than we thought. Wired (among many other outlets) has this story. Apparently, 5.6 million fingerprints of federal employees were among the data breached from OPM. It was origina...
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Do not forget to sign up for #NatSec2016 – our new and exciting weekly newsletter on the politics of national security in the 2016 election cycle. Awkward visits with China. With Chinese Presid...
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This weekend begins, of course, with the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The vast majority of Americans who read War on the Rocks surely remember where they were on September 11, 2001 when ...
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The Uncolorful Caliph. WOTR’s Will McCants has an amazing essay on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed Caliph (and real-life monstrous jackass). The unlikely path this soccer player turne...
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More of our platforms on the high seas need to be able to kill. That’s the opinion of WOTR contributor Bryan McGrath over at USNI. Bryan was one of the pioneers of this concept of distributed...
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It’s that time of the week again — time to shift into weekend mode. Lucky for you, we’re here to help. Here are some of our recommendations for what you should be reading as you kick ba...
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“Humor and liquor are ingredients in most things I do.” With these words, Paul Mooney, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, won us over at Task & Purpose. He is behind a new sitcom called �...
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Happy weekend everybody! And happy recess to those of our readers who labor on Capitol Hill. August may not be the hottest month of the year in Washington, but it certainly is the quietest (which...
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Although Congress is about to go on vacation, we know you’ll all still be toiling away like us. Here’s what caught our eye this week. Point, counterpoint: War crimes or wise decisions? A text...
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Here’s your weekend reading list. I promise lots of smart insight on Iran, Ukraine, British defense, and nothing on Trump. The Pentagon needs a “Come to Jesus” moment on the unpredictabilit...
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This week was a busy one in international politics. Spend your weekend catching up on the latest and greatest analysis from around the web. Here’s what we’ve been reading this week. The Day A...
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Happy Friday, readers! It’s time to break out that lawn chair, grab a cold beer and spend some time in the sun with some quality reading material, which we’ve collected for this edition of we...
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Happy Fourth of July weekend to all of our readers! We’re sure you’ll all enjoy the festivities. What to do while you’re waiting for the grill to heat up, beer to cool, cocktails to be mixe...
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Every week, I scour the the Internet for the best articles, analysis, and multimedia on foreign policy and national security just for you, dear reader. You’re welcome. Don’t blame China for t...
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Waterloo. An interview with John Sopko. And why the United States should heed the wise words of Niccolò Machiavelli. All this and more in this week’s edition of the War on the Rocks weekend re...
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As the summer finally heats up, so do the takes (I could not help myself) and we’ve got them all right here. From a Robert Kaplan smackdown, to an insider view of the Iran deal, here’s the la...
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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about historical wars — while the big battles, heroes, and devastations have been captured and preserved by journalists, historians, and academics, how many s...
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We’re wrapping up the month of May with some Chinese strategy, the untold story behind the fall of Ramadi, and some bold advice for Japan. A better way to approach Chinese strategic theory. “...
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Here’s your weekend reading list. Now don’t all fight over it at once. Could China and Russia unite into one massive evil superpower? Doubtful. “History never repeats itself, but it rhymes....
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It’s Friday, which means it’s time to kick back, relax, and maybe try your hand at mixing yourself a Caipirinha. And of course, we’re hear to help fill a bit of your free time with some ...
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It’s Friday already? Well then here’s the latest War on the Rocks reading list to kick off your weekend. Another SIGAR report that will leaving everyone asking, “Are you f*cking kidding me?...
Here’s your weekend reading list with the best articles you didn’t know about from the past week. New research could predict which terrorist groups will attack civilians. “All of this raise...
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First off, we’d like to welcome Alex Hecht to War on the Rocks, who will be taking over the Molotov Cocktail blog, our vertical that features all things booze related. You can read about Alex�...
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Here’s what we’re reading this weekend and you should be too. What will replace American’s aircraft carriers? “Our submarine advantage gives us the ability to operate inside the A2/AD env...
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Only two more days to support the War on the Rocks crowdfunding campaign. Time is running out. Donate today! Twitter Fight Club or death. I once again judged #TFC15 and asked contestants in my br...
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If there’s one thing you can rely on in this crazy world, its the weekend reading list from War on the Rocks to help get you through your Friday. Here are my top picks from the week. The first ...
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Here’s your War on the Rocks weekend reading list. Also, if you haven’t checked out our crowdfunding campaign, then do so immediately. Help us grow the site with the most experienced voices i...
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Another week down, another Friday reached. And like every Friday, it’s time for our Weekend Reading list: as dependable as a Swiss watch and much cooler than a gold Apple Watch. This Friday is ...
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Big news week for national security and foreign policy fields, and not just from Netanyahu’s speech. More importantly, War on the Rocks launched a crowdfunding campaign so we can provide you wi...
Welcome back, party people! The weekend is here, the llamas are safe at home, and we have your assigned reading for you. When a butterfly goes nuclear. In the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, E...
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If you aren’t at #ISA2015 or in hibernation, then here’s your third option to stay occupied this weekend: The War on the Rocks weekend reading list. Advice for the White House’s counteri...
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Welcome to our latest installment of weekend reading, you strategy party people. Before you do anything else, check out our store where you can buy the swag you need to make it through your weeke...
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This time of year, the weekend means hibernating under lots of blankets, with a bottle of good bourbon, and some good reading. Here is one of those three things to get you started. Why we shou...
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If you’re reading this, it means you survived the annual Snowpocalypse of Doom. The first thing you should do is go to the War on the Rocks store, which opened this week, and buy everything—o...
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Charlie Hebdo Style Attacks Coming to the UK? Friend of WOTR Shiraz Maher’s latest for the New Statesman examines the Paris attacks from the perspective of British foreign fighters, with whom h...
Hey WOTR readers! Want to stay fresh? Here is what you need to read this weekend. Quote of the Week. “We don’t know if it’s five people graduate, or 100 people graduate, or no one graduates...
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Happy Friday from all of us here at WOTR, where our heads have been spinning trying to pay attention to everything that’s been happening in the world—and unfortunately, not much of it is caus...
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Dear Readers: Thanks for joining us for our 19th month in business and our second celebration of a new year. We’re going to introduce a new feature to our Weekend Reading: a weekly quote. Weekl...
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Happy Holidays from the War on the Rocks team! As always, this week’s Weekend Reading includes some of the best pieces from the week on defense, foreign policy, and global affairs. As a special...
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Happy Friday, WOTR readers! Hopefully everyone has survived another crazy week and is officially counting down the days until Christmas. As always,s we’re bringing you the top reads of the week...
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Happy Friday from War on the Rocks, where our heads have been spinning all week trying to pay attention to everything that’s been happening in the world—and unfortunately, not much of it is c...
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Happy Friday from War on the Rocks, where our minds and bodies only barely managed to survive the first week back from that nice, long Thanksgiving holiday. Luckily, some interesting events happe...
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Happy belated Thanksgiving, everyone! This year, we are thankful for you, our WOTR readers, and this week, a lot has been happening. So if you wish to tear yourself away from your leftovers, he...
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Because one edition wasn’t enough this week… “Stopping an Awakening in Iraq Before it Can Start,” – David Ignatius draws upon WOTR’s Craig Whiteside to tease out the difficulties faci...
Many interesting stories to cover this week. The pieces we’ve gathered for this edition of our Weekend Reading list address issues that touch six continents and include several that transcend g...
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Hello, War on the Rocks readers. A more focused (slow) week in foreign and military affairs from the American perspective? Maybe. Below are the three themes that have captured headlines and earne...
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War on the Rocks readers: we hope by now you’ve recovered from the midterms. If you aren’t already raring to go for 2016, we hope you’ll at least be excited to read some of great pieces fro...
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Happy Halloween, War on the Rockers! This week’s collection of foreign affairs highlights contains several frights, a few delights and even some humor. As we turn the pages of our calendars to ...
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Happy Friday, y’all! If you’ve barricaded yourself inside your house for fear of contracting Ebola (or even if you haven’t), here are some good reads for the weekend about what’s been goi...
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Happy Friday! In case you haven’t already read enough articles about Ebola, ISIL, and the generally unfortunate state of the world these days, here’s a few more for you. Enjoy the weekend and...
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Happy Friday! Lots of events continuing to run their course: Hong Kong, Ebola, ISIS, and Ukraine. These weekend reading recommendations should help you dig deeper into the issues. Long-term think...
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Happy Friday! It’s been a busy week, full of White House security scandals, democratic protests in surprising places, airstrikes in not-so-surprising places, and pesky Canadian border patrolmen...
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Happy Friday, all! It’s the end of the week and that means that War on the Rocks is once again bringing you some of the best reads in current affairs, national security, and foreign policy. Hap...
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Hello, War on the Rockers. It was an important, if fragmented, week in foreign affairs and international politics. Our national leadership made a cautious commitment to deepen military engageme...
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Hello, War on the Rockers. It’s been an eventful week, as we marked another anniversary of September 11 and saw momentum build for the next war. Now that the weekend is here, we’ve gathered a...
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Happy Friday to our War on the Rocks fans. This weekend marks the end of summer for all of those people heading back to school in September, so be sure to check out our weekend reading list and a...
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Happy Friday from War on the Rocks, where our heads have been spinning all week trying to pay attention to everything that’s been happening in the world—and unfortunately, not much of it is c...
Happy Friday, War on the Rockers! Here is our weekly round up of the best articles and analysis on current affairs this week to get you ready for the weekend. Remembering Robin Williams. Dan Lamo...
Happy Friday once again, readers. In further proof that August is never quiet, there’s a ton going on this week, from Russia to Gaza to Africa (which is not a country, Joe). Here’s our roundu...
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Every Friday, War on the Rocks posts the best articles, analysis, and multimedia on foreign policy, national security, and current affairs for our readers in the Weekend Reading List. This week, ...
Hello again, WOTR readers! It’s Friday, and the end of another crazy week in the world. You could probably read all weekend and still not be up to speed on everything that’s going on, but we�...
We think it really needs to be said today, Thank God it’s Friday. Crisis after crisis sparked nonstop headlines this week, from ongoing fighting between Gaza and Israel, to the downing of anoth...
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TGIF, WOTR readers! It’s Friday, and a very special one for us, since we celebrated our first birthday this week. Now that the birthday celebrations are over, we’re back with our weekly round...
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Happy Independence Day, America! While you’re enjoying 4th of July festivities this weekend, be sure to check out these great foreign policy and national security reads from the past week. Inde...
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Happy Friday, WOTR readers! Although yesterday might have felt like Friday for anyone who happened to walk into a bar while a certain sporting event was going on, today is, in fact, the actual en...
Every Friday, War on the Rocks posts the best articles, analysis, and multimedia on foreign policy, national security, and current affairs for our readers in the Weekend Reading List. This week, ...
Happy Friday the 13th, WOTR readers. Ordinarily this would be the unluckiest day of the year, but luckily, we’ve got your favorite weekly roundup of the best things we read this week. It was an...
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Big week in the national security and foreign policy realm, so much so it might be hard to keep up. That’s why War on the Rocks has rounded up all of the top reads right here in our Weekend Rea...
Hello and happy Friday, WOTR readers! It’s been a busy week for foreign policy watchers, with the announcement of proposed post-2014 troop levels in Afghanistan, President Obama’s speech at W...
Every Friday, War on the Rocks rounds up the best articles, analysis, and multimedia involving foreign policy, national security, and current affairs for our readers. This week, we collected the ...
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Happy almost-weekend, WOTR readers! Once again, our editorial team is bringing you the best pieces we read this week. Tell us what you think of this week’s roundup by tweeting us @WarOnTheRocks...
Happy Friday, readers! It’s been a busy few days in the foreign policy realm from Michelle Obama pouting on Twitter for the #BringBackOurGirls campaign to the Benghazi witch hunt, so we’ve ro...
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Happy Friday and happy May to all of our readers. To round out the week, we’ve rounded up the best pieces on foreign policy and national security that we read this week. Enjoy, and see you next...
We’re wishing all of our readers a very happy Friday! From creepy surveillance gadgets to Time’s 100 most influence people, we’ve rounded up the top reads of the week for you to catch up on...
Happy Friday, all! We hope all of our Jewish readers had a wonderful Passover and we extend a Happy Easter to everyone celebrating this weekend. But, what’s a family gathering without a little ...
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Happy Friday, WOTR readers! Here in DC, the cherry blossoms are in bloom, we’ve gone at least 30 hours without a freak snowstorm, and it’s the weekend. So things are looking pretty good for u...
Happy Friday to all of our readers. We hope everyone had a great week. We’d like to give a shout-out to Twitter Fight Club 2014 champion and WOTR contributor Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, as well as...
Happy Friday, WOTR readers! It’s the end of another busy week for foreign policy/national security watchers. To help you get up to speed, here’s our roundup of what the WOTR team is reading t...
TGIF, WOTR readers! It’s Friday, which means another roundup of the week’s best foreign policy and national security reads from around the Web. While nothing in this roundup can beat this, it...
TGIF! Between the crisis in Ukraine and the release of the QDR and proposed 2015 budget, we’ve had quite the week here at War on the Rocks. To make sure you’re up to date on these events and ...
Happy Friday, WOTR readers. This was a really exciting week for us, with the publication of our interview with General Martin Dempsey and a special contribution from Representative Randy Forbes. ...
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Happy Friday to our War on the Rocks readers. Another wintery week has come and gone and we’re counting down the days until spring. We’ve gathered some of the most compelling reads from the w...
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Happy Friday and happy Valentine’s Day, WOTR readers! Between digging yourselves out of snowdrifts and celebrating with your valentines, we hope you’ll have time to check out our roundup of t...
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Hello, WOTR readers. TGIF! We’re looking forward to a much-needed weekend after another polar vortex-plagued week. While everyone tries to keep warm, be sure to check these top reads from the p...
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Happy Friday and happy weekend from WOTR, where we’re looking forward to some warmer temperatures coming our way. Here’s what our editorial team is reading this weekend: News this week: As th...
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Happy Friday, War on the Rocks readers! It’s been another exciting week in the realm of national security and as you get ready for this long holiday weekend, be sure to check these recommended ...
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Happy Friday, everyone! We hope you all stayed warm this week. We’re wishing ourselves a happy birthday – War on the Rocks launched 6 months ago and it’s been a great half-year. What are ...
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Happy Friday and a very happy new year to all of our War on the Rocks readers. We hope everyone survived the holidays and is ready for an exciting new year. We at WOTR have lots of exciting plans...
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Happy Friday, all! We’re here again to round up the week’s top reads on national security and foreign policy. Feel free to send us your feedback or send us a Tweet with your recommendations f...
Happy Black Friday from all of us here at War on the Rocks! We hope those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday are recovering nicely from your food comas/in-laws/etc. Whether you’re wai...
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Hopefully everyone has survived another crazy week and is officially counting down the days until Thanksgiving (we are at least). Here is our recommended list of reads that were published over th...
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It’s Friday again! We hope you’re as excited for the weekend as we are. Here’s what our team has been reading this week. Have a great weekend! New this week: We were excited to see some gr...
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