In 2022, Dr. Janko Šćepanović of the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) wrote “The Sheriff and the...
War on the Rocks
“I have come to talk to you about Europe. ‘Again,’ some might exclaim.” These were the words...
In 2019, Michael Bustamante of the University of Miami was critical of the first Trump administration’s maximalist...
Iskander Rehman, Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius (Bokförlaget Stolpe, 2024) In AD 9, three Roman...
China’s 2024 Joint Sword exercises, and more recent Strait Thunder-2025A exercise, awakened the public psyche to the...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through...
March 16, 1968, is one of the darkest days in U.S. military history. On that day, the...
In 1975, the New York Times reported on a growing number of transmission problems in Pontiacs, Buicks,...
From Elon Musk to Sen. Bernie Sanders, there is widespread agreement that the Department of Defense is...
From Elon Musk to Sen. Bernie Sanders, there is widespread agreement that the Department of Defense is...
We are sharing a free episode of Thinking the Unthinkable with you all due to fast-moving events between India and Pakistan....
Ryan popped across the Potomac to the Pentagon to speak with Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll...
A few years ago, a young U.S. military officer asked me a pointed question: “Do you think...
Despite the Department of Defense spending $14 billion a year on cyber forces and technology, U.S. military cyber forces...
In today’s world, turbulence isn’t temporary — it‘s the new normal. In this episode, Gen. (ret.) David Berger, former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps,...
