2+ day, 15+ 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, 1+ hour ago   (564+ words) As a naval shipyard commander, my mandate from Navy leadership is straightforward: return warships to the fleet as quickly as possible. Neither my shipyard nor many other public and private shipyards are consistently fulfilling that mission. Because of traditionally high…...

4+ day, 1+ 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, 2+ hour ago   (1209+ words) Collective-defense pacts are meant to make war less likely. Poorly designed ones can do the opposite. If allies make sweeping promises without the military integration, decision-making mechanisms, and escalation controls needed to carry them out, they may invite adversaries to…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1648+ 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. Nicaragua’s Army Will Decide What Comes…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (302+ words) I was fortunate enough to do something that would be a benefit to mankind. It’s been an extremely satisfying discovery. I don’t think there’s anything like saving someone’s life to bring you satisfaction and happiness. – Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (375+ words) When Israeli warplanes struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria on Aug. 18, 2026, the smoke rose over the demolition of an old geopolitical assumption about the Middle East. This time, Israel directly targeted a strategic sphere of influence where the Turkish…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (867+ words) warontherocks.com 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. New Complications in Countering the Flow of Arms…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (284+ words) “Snow has fallen on the mountains you dreamed of.” The Kurdish question has long been the opposition’s “kryptonite.” The Republican People’s Party risks accusations of negotiating with terrorists when it courts Kurdish support, but it cannot assemble a governing coalition…...

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…...