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A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues through a realist lens.

### LATEST PODCASTS

#### [Can the U.S.-Ukrainian Rift Be Healed?](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/can-the-u-s-ukrainian-rift-be-healed/)

Constanze StelzenmĂŒller, Melinda Haring, Justin Logan, Michael Kofman, and Ryan Evans

War On The Rocks[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/can-the-u-s-ukrainian-rift-be-healed/)Mar 6

#### [The End of the World, Again?](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-end-of-the-world-again/)

Christopher Preble, Zack Cooper, and Melanie Marlowe

Net Assessment[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-end-of-the-world-again/)Mar 6

#### [Lt. Gen. Sklenka on Staying in the Fight](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/lt-gen-sklenka-on-staying-in-the-fight/)

Lt. Gen. Stephen Sklenka and Ryan Evans

War On The Rocks[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/lt-gen-sklenka-on-staying-in-the-fight/)Mar 3

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[Autonomy Has Outpaced International Space Law](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/autonomy-has-outpaced-international-space-law/)

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### Matthew Ormsbee

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### [Mid-Afternoon Map: A Ride to Khiva](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/a-ride-to-khiva/)

#### Nick Danforth

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/deciphering-french-strategy-in-the-indo-pacific/)

### [Deciphering French Strategy in the Indo-Pacific](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/deciphering-french-strategy-in-the-indo-pacific/)

#### LĂ©onie Allard

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/rewind-reconnoiter-re-examining-the-sino-russian-relationship/)

### [Rewind & Reconnoiter: Re-Examining the Sino-Russian Relationship](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/rewind-reconnoiter-re-examining-the-sino-russian-relationship/)

#### Yun Sun

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/finding-adversaries-hiding-in-the-defense-departments-supply-chains/)

### [Finding Adversaries Hiding in the Defense Department’s Supply Chains](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/finding-adversaries-hiding-in-the-defense-departments-supply-chains/)

#### Christine Michienzi

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#### [Mid-Afternoon Map: A Ride to Khiva](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/a-ride-to-khiva/)

#### [Why Didn’t the United States Annex Canada in the Past?](https://warontherocks.com/episode/the-insider/33891/why-didnt-the-united-states-annex-canada-in-the-past/)

#### [Mexico Reacts to U.S. Tariff Demands](https://warontherocks.com/episode/warcast/33882/mexico-reacts-to-u-s-tariff-demands/)

#### [Rewind & Reconnoiter: Re-Examining the Sino-Russian Relationship](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/rewind-reconnoiter-re-examining-the-sino-russian-relationship/)

#### [Missile Defense and the U.S. Homeland](https://warontherocks.com/episode/thinkingtheunthinkable/33843/missile-defense-and-the-u-s-homeland/)

#### [The Cognitive Marine](https://warontherocks.com/episode/marinepulse/33855/the-cognitive-marine/)

#### [Syria Steps Toward Peace](https://warontherocks.com/episode/warcast/33879/syria-steps-toward-peace/)

#### [What a European Force in Ukraine Could Look Like](https://warontherocks.com/episode/the-insider/33854/what-a-european-force-in-ukraine-could-look-like/)

#### [Poland Revamps Defense Policy](https://warontherocks.com/episode/warcast/33868/polands-defense-policy-revamp/)

#### [Gaza Ceasefire in Limbo](https://warontherocks.com/episode/warcast/33869/gaza-ceasefire-in-limbo/)

#### [In Brief: Asian Allies Adjust Security Policies in Response to Trump Administration](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/in-brief-asian-allies-adjust-security-policies-in-response-to-trump-administration/)

#### [Savings Lives as an Air Force Physician](https://warontherocks.com/episode/airmanpulse/33827/savings-lives-as-an-air-force-physician/)

#### [Europe Gathers in Brussels for Security Summit](https://warontherocks.com/episode/warcast/33841/europe-gathers-in-brussels-for-security-summit/)

#### [The Adversarial: Relations and Realignments](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-adversarial-relations-and-realignments/)

#### [Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Navy Should Develop Narco-Submarines](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/rewind-and-reconnoiter-the-navy-should-develop-narco-submarines/)

#### [In Brief: How European Leaders are Adapting to New Defense Realities](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/in-brief-how-european-leaders-are-adapting-to-new-defense-realities/)

#### [Mid-Afternoon Map: The New Ukraine-Palestine Matrix](https://warontherocks.com/2025/02/mid-afternoon-map-the-new-ukraine-palestine-matrix/)

#### [Rewind and Reconnoiter: Soft Power Shouldn’t Be Taken Lightly](https://warontherocks.com/2025/02/rewind-and-reconnoiter-soft-power-shouldnt-be-taken-lightly/)

#### [In Brief: How Might Defense Budget Cuts Affect Investments in Emerging Technologies?](https://warontherocks.com/2025/02/in-brief-how-might-defense-budget-cuts-affect-investments-in-emerging-technologies/)

#### [The Adversarial: Shifts in Pressure](https://warontherocks.com/2025/02/the-adversarial-shifts-in-pressure/)

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/rewind-reconnoiter-re-examining-the-sino-russian-relationship/)

### [Rewind & Reconnoiter: Re-Examining the Sino-Russian Relationship](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/rewind-reconnoiter-re-examining-the-sino-russian-relationship/)

#### Yun Sun

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/finding-adversaries-hiding-in-the-defense-departments-supply-chains/)

### [Finding Adversaries Hiding in the Defense Department’s Supply Chains](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/finding-adversaries-hiding-in-the-defense-departments-supply-chains/)

#### Christine Michienzi

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/in-brief-asian-allies-adjust-security-policies-in-response-to-trump-administration/)

### [In Brief: Asian Allies Adjust Security Policies in Response to Trump Administration](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/in-brief-asian-allies-adjust-security-policies-in-response-to-trump-administration/)

#### Lauren Dickey, Benjamin Charlton, Jenny Town, and Gregory Poling

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/when-it-comes-to-submarines-australia-is-going-to-be-left-high-and-dry/)

### [When It Comes to Submarines, Australia Is Going to Be Left High and Dry](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/when-it-comes-to-submarines-australia-is-going-to-be-left-high-and-dry/)

#### Peter Briggs

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/exposing-chinas-legal-preparations-for-a-taiwan-invasion/)

### [Exposing China’s Legal Preparations for a Taiwan Invasion](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/exposing-chinas-legal-preparations-for-a-taiwan-invasion/)

#### Cheng Deng Feng and Tim Boyle

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/nuclear-proliferation-will-haunt-america-first/)

### [Nuclear Proliferation Will Haunt ‘America First’](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/nuclear-proliferation-will-haunt-america-first/)

#### Ankit Panda, Vipin Narang, and Pranay Vaddi

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-u-s-army-artificial-intelligence-and-mission-command/)

### [The U.S. Army, Artificial Intelligence, and Mission Command](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-u-s-army-artificial-intelligence-and-mission-command/)

#### Benjamin Jensen and Maj. Gen. Jake S. Kwon

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/decoding-pakistans-2024-airstrikes-in-afghanistan/)

### [Decoding Pakistan’s 2024 Airstrikes in Afghanistan](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/decoding-pakistans-2024-airstrikes-in-afghanistan/)

#### Amira Jadoon

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-adversarial-relations-and-realignments/)

### [The Adversarial: Relations and Realignments](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-adversarial-relations-and-realignments/)

#### WOTR Staff

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/below-the-threshold-deterrence-philippine-style-2/)

### [Below-the-Threshold Deterrence, Philippine Style](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/below-the-threshold-deterrence-philippine-style-2/)

#### Kurtis H. Simpson, Raphael Racicot, and Jacob Benjamin

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/rewind-and-reconnoiter-the-navy-should-develop-narco-submarines/)

### [Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Navy Should Develop Narco-Submarines](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/rewind-and-reconnoiter-the-navy-should-develop-narco-submarines/)

#### Collin Fox, Walker D. Mills, and Dylan “Joose” Phillips-Levine

[](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-pentagon-is-about-to-make-a-big-mistake-on-civilian-harm-mitigation/)

### [The Pentagon is About to Make a Big Mistake on Civilian Harm Mitigation](https://warontherocks.com/2025/03/the-pentagon-is-about-to-make-a-big-mistake-on-civilian-harm-mitigation/)

#### Claire Finkelstein

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