On the afternoon of May 11, 2024, two men arrived at a modest hotel in Paris. One of them, identifying himself as Mircho ...

In 2024, Tom Johansmeyer wrote “Why Natural Catastrophes Will Always Be Worse than Cyber Catastrophes,” where he laid to rest ...

Can America deter China if its warships are stuck in port? Probably not. And the problem is made worse by chronic ...

As the United States continues to increase its military presence in the Caribbean and to strike boats that the government ...

There are plenty of elements to praise in Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s acquisition transformation announcement last ...

I served 20 years in the Army and today is the first Veterans Day since joining the War on the Rocks team last year. We ...

If past is prologue, the Pentagon will soon release its annual report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.

Popular culture often distorts autonomy into science fiction caricatures. This framing obscures the real challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. military: autonomy as a layered, incremental ...

A decade into the effort to concretely integrate information warfare into its operations, the Marine Corps appears to be in the thick of another intellectual firefight. Consternation abounds regarding ...

Bletchley Park was more than a place — it was a method. During World War II, the United Kingdom combined science, engineering, operations, and alliance management into a unified codebreaking system ...

Open-source intelligence has matured into a complex blend of technology, access, and tradecraft. Ryan is joined by Ryan Curran of ZeroFox, Tucker Moore of Booz Allen Hamilton, and Scott Petry of ...