In 2025, the ongoing contest between the United States and China moved from tariff skirmishes to a confrontation over ...

When I look back at my 45 years of military service, one of the highlights of my military education was a battlefield tour I ...

A number of thoughtful observers argued President Donald Trump would not pursue regime change in Venezuela. I was never ...

Mechanized warfare is not dead. Observers have been debating this topic since the Ukrainian military and volunteers beat back ...

In early November, after meeting China’s defense minister, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth performed a longstanding ...

Defense tech enthusiasts may be familiar with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous Arsenal of Democracy speech, which ...

On a frozen Himalayan ridgeline, Indian and Chinese troops still stare at each other through rifle sights. Thousands of miles ...

On Dec. 5, 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reached a significant milestone in his bid to build “Europe’s strongest ...

The first year of President Donald Trump’s second term brought many significant changes to U.S. foreign policy, as the ...

As 2025 comes to an end, we at War on the Rocks reflect on the stories and events that our readers found most compelling in a ...

This article was originally published in 2023. It is a story so well known it has become a meme. “Americans: Willing to cross ...