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It wouldn’t be the holidays without our annual War on the Rocks book roundup. Check off your gift list or pick a book to enjoy by the fire. Happy reading.Kerry AndersonThe Warrior Queens: The Legends and the Lives of the Women Who Have Led Their …
Editor’s note: Congressional representatives asked George Washington to designate a national day of thanksgiving in honor of the new United States Constitution, which had come into operation in 1789. Washington observed the day “by attendin…
I do not know the origins of the Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian War, but I can safely say it has caused quite a stir in Kyiv, in the capitals of our European military allies, and among American legislato…
With the authorization of an international administration and stabilization force for Gaza, U.N. Security Council Resolution 2803 marks a historic endorsement of the U.S.-led plan to reinforce the ceasefire and rebuild the territory after two year…
Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel last April — and the attack might have been designed to fail.The strike was a show of force built for spectacle rather than destruction, revealing a new rung on the escalation ladder where s…
Ukraine burns through small drones like belts of ammunition — fed, fired, and reloaded. Piloted from behind the front lines, drones hunt on the battlefield. This summer, Ukraine’s drone production increased 900 percent to 200,000 per month …
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 the value of the Marine units organized to employ i…
Armed groups in Colombia have built an air force — and it flies on cheap, store-bought drones.In late August 2025, the National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for an ambush that left 13 police officers dead and four wounded. Initially rep…
Over the past month, eyes across Europe have been trained on the sky.On Sep. 10, about 20 Gerbera surveillance drones, believed to have been launched from Russia, crossed into Polish airspace. Some were shot down by NATO fighter jets, others crashed af…
Decades of dominance leaves a mark: It shapes the beliefs and behaviors of a nation and its military. Extended periods of hegemony for a nation, like long-standing market dominance for a business, encourages blind spots for changing markets, technologi…