The United States lost the war against a weapon that almost everyone knows by its acronym: the IED or improvised explosive ...
Can America deter China if its warships are stuck in port? Probably not. And the problem is made worse by chronic ...
In 2024, Tom Johansmeyer wrote “Why Natural Catastrophes Will Always Be Worse than Cyber Catastrophes,” where he laid to rest ...
In July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he would be open to hosting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a visit to Turkey. Normalization will not come easily or soon, but Erdoğan’s push ...
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China ...
If past is prologue, the Pentagon will soon release its annual report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.
Israel’s short but destructive summer war against Iran and its brazen military strikes on Doha in September have reignited a debate across the Middle East over the value of nuclear deterrence. Gulf ...
An historian and a policymaker walk into a bar. On one screen, a journalist is reporting a coup on a South Pacific island. The historian looks at the policymaker and says, “Just another example of ...
Ryan Evans is the founder of War on the Rocks, a media outlet on strategy, defense, and foreign affairs, as well as Bedrock Knowledge, a software company that scales knowledge in and of the modern ...