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

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.

References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 ...

Russian forces in Ukraine are suffering casualties at more than 400,000 per year — enough to pack the house at the world’s four largest stadiums. Losses like these have been fuel for simultaneous talk ...

Over the course of the last 22 years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey has fought and endured a great deal in order to remain in power. Court challenges, corruption investigations, close ...

What if the United States decided to fold up its nuclear umbrella over Europe? In its wake, Europe could either experience increased Russian aggression, potentially threatening the very existence of ...

As the new American president shook allied capitals all over the world, a Virginia-class submarine — the USS Minnesota — arrived at a port in western Australia for the first of many routine Australian ...

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 ...