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Gaza and the Gulf
The Defense Department and the Rise of Commercial Spacepower
Adaptation at the Front and the Big Picture in Ukraine
Japan Re-evaluates Regional Threats
The Net Assessment Crew Sits Down with Ryan
Some Preliminary Thoughts on Ukraine's Position in the War
Defense and Capital: A Conversation with Raj Shah of Shield Capital
A Conversation with the Commandant, Gen. Eric Smith
Looking Beyond the Offensive in Ukraine
Tech, Ethics, and the City in Israel's Looming Urban Battlefield
Introducing Thinking the Unthinkable
The Meaning of the Attack on Israel
Finding the Floor: Can the U.S. and China Stabilize Their Relationship?
One Tree Line at a Time: Breaching Russian Defenses in Ukraine
Dueling Generals on Training and Readiness
A Chat with Britain's Top Officer, Adm. Radakin
Ukrainian Progress: A Breach or a Breakthrough of Russian Lines?
Debating FISA Section 702
How Ukraine Can Win the Peace: A Conversation with Stephen Kotkin
A Contest of Wills: Ukraine's Summer Offensive
Zooming Out on Ukraine's Offensive
An Inflection Point in Ukraine's Counteroffensive
Ryan Evans on 10 Years of War on the Rocks
Ukraine Struggles to Scale Offensive Combat Operations
Assessing Ukraine's Three Axes of Advance
Understanding Risk and Redefining Readiness
Ukraine and Lessons Learned for Airpower and Spacepower
Defense and Capital: Venture and Debt
Ukraine's Offensive and Russia's Localized Counterattacks
Managing Chaos: The 2021 Kabul Airlift
Ukraine's Multiple Axes of Attack
The Ebb and Flow of Russian Military Power
Ukraine's Offensive and its Meaning for the War
Why Erdogan Wins
The Calm Before the Storm: Waiting for Ukraine's Offensive
A Conversation with Gen. CQ Brown, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
China, France, and the Shadow of History
Powering American Renewal with Innovation
Russia Will Soon Be on the Defense, But Then What?
The Military and Great Powers: The Latest From Latin America, Part 2
Central Command's Big Technology Bets
The Latest From Latin America, Part 1
How to Think About Bakhmut and a Ukrainian Spring Offensive
Backing Ukraine Against Russia, With Colin Kahl and Derek Chollet
Russia's Winter Offensive
Unfolding Offensives and Counter-Offensives in Ukraine
Talking Strategy with Assistant Secretary of Defense Mara Karlin
Manpower, Materiel, and the Coming Decisive Phase in Ukraine
A Disquieting Winter at War in Ukraine
Nukes, Negotiations, and Lessons From the War in Ukraine
Localized Offensives: The Direction of the Conflict
Winter and Beyond: An Inflection Point in the War Over Ukraine
Cognition and Curiosity: A Conversation with Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson
Josh Wolfe on Investing in American Defense
The Liberation of Kherson and the Next Phase of the War
A Conversation with Ukraine's Special Operations Commander
Southward and Eastward Pressure on Russian Forces
A Chat With Lt. Gen. Andrea Tullos of Air University
What Will Be Ukraine's Pre-Winter Gains?
The Kremlin in Command, Part II: Syria and the First Assault on Ukraine
Russia's Plan to Stay in the War
The Kremlin in Command, Part I: The Chechen Wars and Georgia
Ukraine's Kharkhiv Operation and the Russian Military's Black Week
Into the Breach: Ukraine's Counter-Offensive Begins
Awaiting a Ukrainian Counter-Offensive
Troubled Waters Around Taiwan
The Task Force at the Bleeding Edge of the Marine Corps
Great Expectations? The Next Phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Shinzo Abe's Legacy in Japan and on the World Stage
Ukraine's Window of Opportunity?
Is the Most Important Battle of the War Coming?
Ukraine and Russia Grapple with Relentless Battle and Attrition
The Most Dangerous Phase for Ukraine?
What the Experts Got Wrong (and Right) About Russian Military Power
The Battlefields of the Donbass and Beyond
Counter-Attacks and Can-Kicking in the Russo-Ukrainian War
The U.S. Military Might Be More Like Russia's Military Than You Think
Ukraine's Military Advantage and Russia's Stark Choices
From Ukraine and Beyond: Unpacking the Sino-Russian Relationship
A Conversation with the Counselor: Derek Chollet on Navigating the World
Russia Downscales Its War, But Not in Brutality
Is India "Shaky" on Ukraine? It's Complicated
A New Phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War Begins
In the Fourth Week, Is Russia Revising its War Aims Amidst Attrition?
Into the Third Week: Will Russian Forces Need to Pause?
11 Days In: Russia's Invasion Stumbles Forward
Interpreting the First Few Days of the Russo-Ukrainian War
People At the Center: Talent, Education, and Modernization
Gen. David H. Berger on the Marine Corps of the Future
Oh My, AI
Great Power Cyber Party
Intelligence and the Biden Administration
Lost at Sea
A Whole New World (Order)
Change or Die
Banks and Moulton on Military Might and the American Future
Introducing "A Most Terrible Weapon"
Airmen, Sailors, and the Schoolhouse
Learn Like a Marine
Gearing up for Economic Statecraft