2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (154+ words) This year’s U.N. General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The annual gathering gives diplomats and leaders a valuable opportunity to press their foreign policy priorities and engage — formally and informally — with both partners and adversaries. Most heads of state…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1243+ words) War on the Rocks When the world's at stake, National security. For insiders. By insiders. Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. The Strange Transformation of the Front…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (217+ words) Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (217+ words) War has always been a brutal engine of medical innovation, running on a feedback loop: Civilian breakthroughs are adapted for the battlefield, while battlefield necessity pushes advances back into civilian care. We asked three experts to identify the innovations from…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (493+ words) Third Army officers say ground robots cut paperwork. They let junior officers decide how to carry out a commander’s intent. Moreover, they gave a battle captain a shared real-time picture from which to coordinate units directly, rather than waiting for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (358+ words) Why a Reset with Russia Remains Unlikely Regardless of all these favorable circumstances for Ostpolitik, a “reset” with Russia remains unlikely in the foreseeable future. Despite its growing presence in political rhetoric and the occasional journalistic speculation, Ostpolitik has little…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (148+ words) Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (148+ words) Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (288+ words) Promoted Younger, Rising Higher Two Paths to the Top Three Years That Changed the Officer Corps The War, The War, The War Combat credentials have tended to accelerate promotion. The wartime era has created new feeder pathways into senior command…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (231+ words) Our intrepid team covers a lot of ground in this episode: the increasing fluidity of the battlefield, drones and air defense, the biting Black Sea campaign, the causes and aftermath of the firing of Ukraine’s popular defense minister, why Ukraine…...