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		<title>Analyzing the Ethiopian-Somaliland Deal, Two Years On</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Barnett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 2024, James Barnett wrote, &#8220;A Port Deal Puts the Horn of Africa on the Brink,&#8221; where he argued that tensions in countries like Ethiopia and Somalia threaten to escalate into a broader regional conflict if not contained. Two years later, with U.S. attention largely diverted to other areas of concern, we asked James to revisit his arguments.Image: Joseph Rullo via DVIDSIn your January 2024 piece, you warned that a memorandum of understanding signed between Ethiopia and Somaliland could actually accelerate al-Shabaab&#8217;s expansion into the two countries, pointing to its 2022 incursion into Ethiopia and its sleeper cells in cities</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/analyzing-the-ethiopian-somaliland-deal-two-years-on/">Analyzing the Ethiopian-Somaliland Deal, Two Years On</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>To Implement Acquisition Transformation, Empower Military Mavericks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben McNally]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I wanted disciplined but not regimented thinking. Commanders must encourage intellectual risk-taking to preclude a lethargic environment. Leaders must shelter those challenging nonconformists and mavericks who make institutions uncomfortable; otherwise you wash out innovation.&#8221;&#8212; James Mattis &#38; Bing West, Call Sign ChaosFor the last decade, the Pentagon has had the authorities to buy commercially derived technologies at speed and scale, but not enough people who know how to use those authorities. Successive senior Pentagon leaders, both military and civilian, have asserted that these technologies will prove decisive in future wars. Panels, commissions, and directives created new pathways and the Pentagon&#8217;s</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/to-implement-acquisition-transformation-empower-military-mavericks/">To Implement Acquisition Transformation, Empower Military Mavericks</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Winning Time: Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces and the New Dimension of War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oleksiy Honcharuk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In late 2023, Ukraine&#8217;s military leadership faced an institutional choice: establish a dedicated branch of the armed forces for unmanned systems or integrate drones into existing branches. Most senior officers I knew opposed the separate force, and their strongest argument was sound within classical doctrine. Each branch of service corresponds to a distinct domain of war: The army fights on land, the navy at sea, the air force in the air. Unmanned systems operate across all of these domains and possess none of their own. No domain, no branch of service. The advocates were mostly newcomers from civilian life, and</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/winning-time-ukraines-unmanned-systems-forces-and-the-new-dimension-of-war/">Winning Time: Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces and the New Dimension of War</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Stained Glass and Sacred Spaces: Symbolism Abounds in Ukrainian Media</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Wiley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.Western coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield &#8212; these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/stained-glass-and-sacred-spaces-symbolism-abounds-in-ukrainian-media/">Stained Glass and Sacred Spaces: Symbolism Abounds in Ukrainian Media</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Record Budgets and Missing Suppliers Shaping America’s Munitions Ramp</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Andersen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Pentagon is sending a record demand signal for munitions, but turning it into deliveries depends on suppliers several tiers below the primes, many of which disappeared over the last two decades. Marc Andersen (Army assistant secretary and chief investment officer of the Strategic Capital Initiative), Brandon Daniels (Exiger), and Joseph &#8220;Gus&#8221; Guastella (Voyager Technologies) join Jonathan in the studio. They debate whether China&#8217;s control of critical minerals could halt U.S. munitions production and discuss the Army&#8217;s strategic capital initiative, the Patriot production ramp, and the push for cheaper munitions.Image: Christine Mitchell via DVIDS.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-record-budgets-and-missing-suppliers-shaping-americas-munitions-ramp/">The Record Budgets and Missing Suppliers Shaping America’s Munitions Ramp</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Rethinking Strategic Stability with China: From Coercion to Constructivism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Klingensmith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Every administration since the Cold War has been looking for a significant foreign policy breakthrough with China. Spanning containment and normalization to opening and reform, U.S. policymakers have long hoped that China would fulfill its place in the international order and transform itself into a &#8220;responsible stakeholder.&#8221; Despite years of pivots, new visions, trade arguments and agreements, and other policy swings, the lack of transformational progress is now set against the backdrop of rapidly expanding nuclear capabilities under the leadership of a Chinese general secretary doubling down on authoritarianism and revisionist history. Here, I examine a different factor that generates</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/rethinking-strategic-stability-with-china-from-coercion-to-constructivism/">Rethinking Strategic Stability with China: From Coercion to Constructivism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Talks, Attacks, and a Heist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Adversarial.&#160;Every other week, we&#8217;ll provide you with expert analysis on America&#8217;s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranNow that the U.S. midterms are over, the looming question is how and when one side or the other will seek to break through the current impasse. In the short term, the ball appears to be in Washington&#8217;s court to determine the next move. The Trump administration might take a more patient approach of continuing to squeeze Iran&#8217;s economy through the blockade and sanctions. The argument is that there&#8217;s no particular rush, as Iran would</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/talks-attacks-and-a-heist/">Talks, Attacks, and a Heist</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Can Washington and China Build Confidence Around AI and Stability?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica D. Lonergan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In the lead-up to General Secretary Xi Jinping&#8217;s September 2026 visit to the White House to discuss, among other topics, AI, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at JPMorgan Chase&#8217;s New York City offices. At the meeting, U.S. officials proposed establishing a dialogue between the United States and China, which would serve as a mechanism for notification of AI-related national security incidents. Bessent clarified the intent as: &#8220;We think that just like with any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the No. 1 and the No. 2 AI powers in</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/can-washington-and-china-build-confidence-around-ai-and-stability/">Can Washington and China Build Confidence Around AI and Stability?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Golden Dome Proposal is Destabilizing and Dangerous</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederick Lamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: This is the second article in a two-part series exploring the Golden Dome for America proposal. Please also read the first, &#8220;Golden Dome Is Technologically and Financially Infeasible.&#8221;Golden Dome is an ambitious proposal for a comprehensive, layered defense, with ground, sea, and space-based elements. It is supposed to protect the United States, its allies, and deployed forces from attacks by ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic boost-glide vehicles, aircraft, and drones launched by any adversary, including peer adversaries. The Golden Dome executive order also mandates further development of capabilities to defeat an adversary&#8217;s missiles before they are launched.A key</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-golden-dome-proposal-is-destabilizing-and-dangerous/">The Golden Dome Proposal is Destabilizing and Dangerous</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Grego]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Who Repairs the Internet in Wartime?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Nikolich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In spring 2026, Britain, Norway, and the United States tracked and disrupted a covert Arctic exercise off the coast of Norway involving Russian deep-sea submersibles simulating the deployment of a weapon designed to disable the two 1,400-kilometer submarine cables linking the islands of Svalbard to mainland Norway. Svalbard hosts a satellite ground station serving Europe, the United States, and Japan. This encounter revealed that NATO allies can detect a covert subsea operation and, if caught in time, disrupt it.Had it been a real attack, the first question would have been where and how quickly internet and sensitive government traffic could</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/who-repairs-the-internet-in-wartime/">Who Repairs the Internet in Wartime?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Why Are Wars Increasingly Difficult to End?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dafna H. Rand]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The number of armed conflicts has increased in recent years, and researchers have warned that many wars are lasting longer and have become more difficult to end. We asked five experts if the 21st-century trend of more intractable wars is continuing, and if so, why.Read more below.Dafna H. Rand Senior Fellow at Brookings Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Wars are not ending definitively in the 21st century, and the United States is likely to see the same pattern in Iran. Whereas peace settlements or victory by one side was once the culmination of war, today the more likely scenarios</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/why-are-wars-increasingly-difficult-to-end/">Why Are Wars Increasingly Difficult to End?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gideon Rose]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>The Army&#8217;s Command-and-Control Reboot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew W. McFarlane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>How the Army makes decisions, communicates orders, coordinates forces, and keeps operations moving toward a common goal is undergoing a revolution. It&#8217;s called Next Generation Command and Control. Two of its architects &#8212; Lt. Gen. Matthew W. McFarlane, commanding general of I Corps, and Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Ellis, commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division &#8212; joined us to discuss this important set of organizational and technological innovations.Our thanks to AeroVironment for sponsoring the event at which this episode was recorded.Image: Kathryn Bailey via DVIDS</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-armys-command-and-control-reboot/">The Army&#8217;s Command-and-Control Reboot</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick J. Ellis]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>The G.I. and the Paperback: A World War II Love Story</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alana Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On June 5, 1944, as soldiers lined British shores, preparing for their perilous journey to the beaches of Normandy, Special Services units handed out comfort items, from packs of cigarettes to candy. But one item was more sought after than any other: books. Crouched on the crowded decks awaiting Eisenhower&#8217;s call to launch, the men clasped their standard-issue rifles and clutched their standard-issue paperbacks. They were armed with stories: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Robe, all printed to uniform-pocket size and stamped &#8220;Armed Services Edition.&#8221;War changed this through the efforts of the newly founded Council</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-g-i-and-the-paperback-a-world-war-ii-love-story/">The G.I. and the Paperback: A World War II Love Story</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Cost of Waiting: Why the Houthis Are Getting More Dangerous and Where to Hit Them</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ari Heistein]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 2025, Ari Heistein wrote, &#8220;Defeating the Houthis Will Require More Than Killing Their Chief.&#8221; A year later, we asked him to reflect on the Houthis&#8217; Red Sea gains, the limits of killing leaders, and why another ceasefire would only buy them time to rearm.Image: Mehr News Agency via Wikimedia CommonsSince you wrote this piece, the Houthis have launched their most successful offensive in years, seizing much of Yemen&#8217;s Red Sea coast. You described the group as a quasi-state with entrenched control over ports, the economy, and security services. How much of this recent battlefield success do you attribute to</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-cost-of-waiting-why-the-houthis-are-getting-more-dangerous-and-where-to-hit-them/">The Cost of Waiting: Why the Houthis Are Getting More Dangerous and Where to Hit Them</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Quantum’s Quietest Branch: A Case for Magnetometry</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kerry Chávez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>After an F-15E went down in Operation Epic Fury, the weapons systems officer landed injured, behind enemy lines, and with a bounty on his head. CIA Director John Ratcliffe analogized locating him to finding a &#8220;grain of sand in the middle of a desert.&#8221; When commandos pulled him out 36 hours later, one detail in news reports of the rescue captured public imagination: &#8220;Ghost Murmur,&#8221; an alleged CIA quantum magnetometer, was said to have detected the officer&#8217;s heartbeat at long range. As one source ominously remarked, &#8220;If your heart is beating, we will find you.&#8221;Despite the story having all the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/quantums-quietest-branch-a-case-for-magnetometry/">Quantum’s Quietest Branch: A Case for Magnetometry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Priscilla Yao]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Humanity’s Promethean Gap with AI</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raluca Csernatoni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Frontier AI systems are beginning to test the limits of human oversight, while the companies developing them retain considerable power to define the risks and the terms of their scrutiny. In security and defense, the stakes are particularly high. The industry&#8217;s new calls to pace the frontier also risk becoming performative restraint, and defense establishments should act before agentic swarm systems enter chains of command.The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident provides a clear illustration of the emerging governance problem. Several reports in August from OpenAI, METR, and Redwood Research found that during internal cybersecurity evaluations, successive so-called generations of AI agents discovered</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/humanitys-promethean-gap-with-ai/">Humanity’s Promethean Gap with AI</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Wiley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.Western coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield &#8212; these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/corruption-in-the-crosshairs-the-debate-over-transparency-and-saving-face/">Corruption in the Crosshairs: The Debate Over Transparency and Saving Face</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Pentagon-Silicon Complex and the Rise of the Neo-Primes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharon Weinberger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What happens when the military depends on technologies it doesn&#8217;t own? Sharon Weinberger, the new editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, stops by the studio to discuss her book, Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War. She delves into the Pentagon&#8217;s disputes with SpaceX and Anthropic, why the tech industry&#8217;s split from the military was about money more than ideology, and how a new generation of firms could become the next primes. Image: Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza via DVIDS.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-pentagon-silicon-complex-and-the-rise-of-the-neo-primes/">The Pentagon-Silicon Complex and the Rise of the Neo-Primes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>What Israel’s Election Results Mean for the Middle East and Beyond</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana El Kurd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Israeli elections on Oct. 27 produced a complex result, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s bloc nor the opposition alliance, led by Gadi Eisenkot, winning enough seats in the Knesset to form a government. The opposition faces a tricky choice: attempt to form a unity government with Netanyahu, after channeling anger at the prime minister during the campaign, or partner with the Israeli-Arab parties, which performed unusually well in the election. The latter option, however, is deeply unpalatable to most of the Jewish opposition. A period of negotiations now commences, while Netanyahu remains in a caretaker position. If no governing</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/what-israels-election-results-mean-for-the-middle-east-and-beyond/">What Israel’s Election Results Mean for the Middle East and Beyond</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faysal Itani]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a Revolution in Military Affairs Good For?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Horowitz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For decades, militaries have chased the next revolution in warfare. But what actually makes a revolution in military affairs revolutionary? Is there one happening now? Does it matter? Is it just about drones and AI or something more? Ryan digs into the promises, pitfalls, and persistent myths of military transformation with Mike Horowitz (Penn), Stacie Pettyjohn (CNAS), and Benjamin Jensen (CSIS). This episode is brought to you by Arkenstone Defense. Learn more about them at warontherocks.com/ark Image: ChatGPT</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/whats-a-revolution-in-military-affairs-good-for/">What&#8217;s a Revolution in Military Affairs Good For?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacie Pettyjohn]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Markets: A Dickensian Take on the Coming Years in Defense Tech</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben FitzGerald]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a strange time for the defense technology sector. Despite the headlines of record capital, valuations, and defense budgets, there is a growing unease among investors and leadership teams. Production contracts remain as elusive as ever, and a generation of startups is struggling to extend their runways across the valley of death, risking not just those businesses but capital flight from the broader sector. There is little point in trying to decide which one of these diverging narratives is real, or if a defense technology market collapse is imminent. To understand what&#8217;s really happening, we should recognize that things are</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/a-tale-of-two-markets-a-dickensian-take-on-the-coming-years-in-defense-tech/">A Tale of Two Markets: A Dickensian Take on the Coming Years in Defense Tech</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Sitting Ducks or Strategic Shields: What Does the Small Reactor Promise Mean for Future Conflicts?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hely Desai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Amid the rapid expansion of AI and data centers alongside growing climate commitments as the demand for clean energy rises, nuclear power is increasingly viewed as a reliable source to fill the gaps and complement the stochastic output of solar and hydropower. This renewed interest is also driven in part by countries&#8217; pursuit of greater energy self-reliance, even as energy and nuclear infrastructure continue to become consequential targets in armed conflict &#8212; to disrupt electricity supplies, undermine military capabilities, and pursue counterproliferation objectives. Small modular reactors have since re-emerged almost as a public relations vehicle for the nuclear industry with</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/sitting-ducks-or-strategic-shields-what-does-the-small-reactor-promise-mean-for-future-conflicts/">Sitting Ducks or Strategic Shields: What Does the Small Reactor Promise Mean for Future Conflicts?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barak Mendelsohn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 2018, Barak Mendelsohn wrote,&#160;&#8220;Bound to Fail: Transnational Jihadism and the Aggregation Problem,&#8221;&#160;where he argued that transnational jihadist groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State would continue failing to turn local victories into a lasting caliphate, allowing counterterrorism forces to contain them without costly U.S.-led interventions. Eight years later, we asked Barak to revisit his arguments.Image: Adam Jones/FlickrYour article opened with al-Baghdadi&#8217;s 2018 call for lone-wolf attacks in the West, and you argued that Islamic State-inspired attacks at that time consistently failed to generate the self-sustaining momentum al-Suri envisioned. In the years since, has individual jihad achieved anything substantial for</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/jihadisms-global-struggle-and-where-its-gaining/">Jihadism’s Global Struggle, and Where It’s Gaining</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Atlantic Brief: After the U.S. Midterms, Trans-Atlantic Defense Cooperation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Ellehuus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Date: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026Time: &#160;12:00 &#8211; 1:00 p.m. ESTThe third joint webinar by RUSI and War on the Rocks: Two leading defense publications from both sides of the Atlantic present their expert panel.Overview:For this edition of The Atlantic Brief, the Royal United Services Institute and War on the Rocks present a dialogue on the future of trans-Atlantic defense cooperation following the U.S. midterm elections. Participating experts from the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and the United States bring decades of first-hand experience in the armed forces, diplomacy, and foreign policy.The panel will explore what the midterms mean for U.S. force</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-atlantic-brief-after-the-u-s-midterms-trans-atlantic-defense-cooperation/">The Atlantic Brief: After the U.S. Midterms, Trans-Atlantic Defense Cooperation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kori Schake]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>The Next Congress Needs to Reclaim Its Oversight of the Department of Defense</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret M. Cassidy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Since returning to office in January 2025, the Trump administration has aggressively exercised executive authority across the federal government. Meanwhile, Congress has not adequately applied its oversight role to rein in the executive branch, particularly over the Department of Defense. We have watched these dynamics with specific interest, in discussions with congressional staff over bills and appropriations, and in conversations with our clients.Congress adjourned at the end of September until after the midterm elections following an unproductive summer legislative session, particularly on foreign policy. While Congress passed a long-debated Russia sanctions bill in September, President Donald Trump has already issued</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-next-congress-needs-to-reclaim-its-oversight-of-the-department-of-defense/">The Next Congress Needs to Reclaim Its Oversight of the Department of Defense</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Richards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>At Nellis Air Force Base last year, an AI system was tasked with building courses of action, a complex operational problem that military planners have spent generations learning to perform. The AI system took less than a minute to complete its task with solutions rated at 97 percent viable and tactically valid (essentially, whether the proposed plan could work given operational constraints such as fuel and force composition). By contrast, their human counterparts took roughly 19 minutes and only reached 48 percent viability.That comparison needs two qualifiers. First, the tool that hit 97 percent came from a single vendor that</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-machine-staff/">The Machine Staff</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Anti-Taliban Resistance Has Survived. Can It Win?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Selber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As the Taliban enters its sixth year in power, it remains more powerful than it was before the Sept. 11 attacks. The Taliban&#8217;s flag flies in all of Afghanistan&#8217;s 34 provinces. While only Russia has formally recognized the group as the country&#8217;s government, China and the United Arab Emirates have officially accredited or accepted Taliban ambassadors and exchanged diplomatic staff, with Pakistan, Qatar, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Turkey establishing de facto working relationships with the Sunni Deobandi group. Even its archrival, the Islamic State in Afghanistan, has seen its attack activity decline after years of counter-terrorism operations.However, beneath the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-anti-taliban-resistance-has-survived-can-it-win/">The Anti-Taliban Resistance Has Survived. Can It Win?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WOTR Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Adversarial.&#160;Every other week, we&#8217;ll provide you with expert analysis on America&#8217;s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranIndications of a return to direct hostilities are increasing. The United States is evacuating more troops and diplomatic staff and their families from the region, moving a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, and reportedly preparing strike options. Ahead of Israeli elections on Oct. 27, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been campaigning on toppling the Iranian regime, after reportedly contemplating another round of major strikes earlier this month.Diplomatic efforts have stalled.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/tensions-rise/">Tensions Rise</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Wiley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.Western coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield &#8212; these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/are-critiques-of-zelensky-a-side-effect-of-societal-exhaustion/">Are Critiques of Zelensky a Side Effect of Societal Exhaustion?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Lessons for Pentagon Procurement from the Special Operations Enterprise</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bonnie Evangelista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As the Pentagon races to buy hundreds of thousands of unmanned systems, acquisition professionals have turned to the special operations community to learn about how to buy commercial technologies fast. Cara Teeter, deputy assistant secretary of war for special operations analysis, resources, and capabilities, and chief technology officer for the Special Operations Forces enterprise, and Bonnie Evangelista, who leads acquisition transformation for the direct reporting portfolio manager for unmanned systems, stop by the studio. They share lessons from the competitions and marketplaces they implemented, including this summer&#8217;s inaugural accelerator event. They also discuss Project Agincourt and the new Autonomous Warfare</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/lessons-for-pentagon-procurement-from-the-special-operations-enterprise/">Lessons for Pentagon Procurement from the Special Operations Enterprise</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Teeter]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>The Importance of the Battle of Bailén</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Early on the morning of July 16, 1808, Captain-General Francisco Javier Casta&#241;os of the Army of Andalusia launched a surprise attack against the divided forces of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte&#8217;s Army of the Gironde. After three grueling days of combat, French Gen. Pierre Dupont requested a truce and opened negotiations outside the village of Bail&#233;n. Beginning on July 22, 17,000 French soldiers &#8212; encircled, exhausted, and out of supplies &#8212; surrendered their arms, their flags, and three imperial eagles to the Spanish &#8212; men who had first shouldered a musket scarcely eight weeks earlier. The capitulation at Bail&#233;n may not express</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-importance-of-the-battle-of-bailen/">The Importance of the Battle of Bailén</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Édouard R. Maurin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;[T]he exigencies of desperate survival do stimulate wise leaders to seek such unorthodox solutions.&#8221; &#8212;Barton Whaley, StratagemOn the night of Jan. 5, 2025, my first mission in the Pokrovsk command post was to make a fake radio call. We knew Russian forces were listening in. We did not know whether the position our men were due to occupy the next day, the Homar trench at Kotlyne, was still in our hands or if the enemy had already taken it. I did as instructed: I pretended to be in the trench and called the command center for help.Two minutes later, through</p>
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		<title>Brothers in Arms, Partners in Healing: A Story about a Breakthrough in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Lindquist]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>After losing fellow marines in Iraq, Jeff Lindquist struggled with post-traumatic stress that was steadily destroying his life. Years later, an innovative technology helped him reclaim it. This is the story of Jeff and Erik Won, two veterans who served together, and how efforts to help Jeff recover was the first step on a mission to help others suffering from post-traumatic stress do the same, using Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy (MeRT) and synchronized transcranial magnetic stimulation.Disclaimer: This discussion is for informational and educational purposes only and does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. The views and opinions expressed by the guests are</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/brothers-in-arms-partners-in-healing-a-story-about-a-breakthrough-in-treating-post-traumatic-stress/">Brothers in Arms, Partners in Healing: A Story about a Breakthrough in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Endless Chip War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rakesh Kumar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Rakesh Kumar, the author of Chip Age: How Semiconductors Became the World&#8217;s Most Powerful Resource. Rakesh has worked as a co-founder, professor, researcher, and advisor in the chip industry for more than two decades. Chipmaking is an evergreen technology with ever-increasing geopolitical implications, and so we asked him to share his thoughts on his book and the field&#8217;s future. &#160;&#160;Sign Up for Our Newsletter&#160;You&#8217;ve worked with and around the chip industry for decades. If you could clear up one misconception about chips, what would it be?It is worth clarifying that chip wars,</p>
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		<title>The West Is Thinking Too Small About Ukraine&#8217;s Victory</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alanna Novetsky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Since fall 2023, Ukraine&#8217;s supporters have fallen into a pattern: Ukrainians warn that Russia is targeting its energy infrastructure to prevent them from heating their homes, schools, and businesses in the coming winter. Allies provide insufficient support to Ukraine&#8217;s efforts to harden its energy grid and other critical infrastructure. Ukrainians devise new ways to stay warm, stretch the aid they do get as far as it can go, and survive the winter without catastrophic collapse. Finally, its supporters applaud their resilience, breathe a sigh of relief at the first signs of spring, and busy themselves with other things until the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-west-is-thinking-too-small-about-ukraines-victory/">The West Is Thinking Too Small About Ukraine&#8217;s Victory</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Fighting in Ethiopia and the Risk of Regional Spillover</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Davison]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In September, fighting broke out in Ethiopia&#8217;s Tigray region between Ethiopian government forces and the Tigray People&#8217;s Liberation Front (TPLF), effectively collapsing the 2022 peace deal. In October, Ethiopian forces recaptured an airport and towns from the TPLF and started moving closer to the border with Eritrea. The renewed conflict raised concerns about both increased instability within Ethiopia &#8212; particularly as the TPLF joined with several other armed groups under a new Alliance for Survival &#8212; and the potential for a new war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Ethiopia accused Eritrea of supporting the TPLF and sending its own forces across</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/fighting-in-ethiopia-and-the-risk-of-regional-spillover/">Fighting in Ethiopia and the Risk of Regional Spillover</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Establishing Battery Supply Chain Resilience for Drones</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Bazilian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Militaries have spent more than a century operating with fuel and ammunition as limits of combat endurance. They are only beginning to treat batteries with the same operational seriousness, as small unmanned systems move from niche equipment to mass-consumption weapons. Recent bipartisan supply diversification efforts by Congress, the administration, and the Department of Defense provide initial momentum to ensure supply chain independence and resilience for drone batteries. Further targeted efforts can accelerate the establishment of a competitive, advanced battery and cell domestic and allied industrial base.A drone battery can occupy three logistical categories at once. For a reusable reconnaissance drone,</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/establishing-battery-supply-chain-resilience-for-drones/">Establishing Battery Supply Chain Resilience for Drones</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Bucy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Tehran that the world knew is gone. It died in the fires with former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war in February. His son and new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei &#8212; wherever he is and in whatever physical condition &#8212; witnessed his father, wife, and other close family members die in the same airstrike that wounded him. The White House believed that the conflict would last only a few weeks, but the Islamic Republic has proven less fragile than anticipated by the United States and Israel, who now must deal with surviving Iranian leaders</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/tehran-is-a-different-beast-now/">Tehran is a Different Beast Now</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Markus Garlauskas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 2023, three North Korea analysts identified what they believe most people studying the country get wrong, and how analysts can avoid those traps. Three years later, we asked them to revisit their arguments and offer fresh insights into what North Korean propaganda reveals about Pyongyang&#8217;s priorities.Image: The KremlinIn your 2023&#160;article, you said the key to analyzing North Korean propaganda is identifying what is new and figuring out the reasons for any changes. What changes have you all observed in North Korean propaganda since 2023, and what are the potential reasons for those shifts?&#160;One of the biggest changes since 2023</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/reading-pyongyang-through-the-cracks-of-the-international-system/">Reading Pyongyang Through the Cracks of the International System</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Guns, Growth, and the German Reinvention of Military Keynesianism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Henke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In March 2025, Germany did more than loosen a fiscal rule. It fused two national emergencies &#8212; a deteriorating European security order and a deteriorating industrial model &#8212; into a single constitutional bargain. The reform de facto exempted German defense expenditure from any domestic budgetary ceiling &#8212; as the German Bundesbank itself has acknowledged &#8212; and enabled a military expansion of extraordinary proportions. E.U. debt rules of 3 percent of GDP for annual government deficits and 60 percent for public debt technically still apply &#8212; though 14 out of the 27 Eurozone countries are not expected to meet these rules</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/guns-growth-and-the-german-reinvention-of-military-keynesianism/">Guns, Growth, and the German Reinvention of Military Keynesianism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>In Skepticism We Trust: Ukraine Reacts to the Diesel Deal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Wiley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.Western coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield &#8212; these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/in-skepticism-we-trust-ukraine-reacts-to-the-diesel-deal/">In Skepticism We Trust: Ukraine Reacts to the Diesel Deal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Pentagon Doesn&#8217;t Need to Reinvent Supply Chain Transparency</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Caldwell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As the United States seeks to rebuild its defense industrial base, Washington is scrambling to understand an industrial ecosystem that it no longer controls, nor largely understands. China has been able to achieve strategic advantage against the United States through the targeted application of export controls and licensing requirements on specific materials at specific supply chain nodes. U.S. responses, by contrast, have largely been broader in scope and shallower in effect. It is as though China is striking the supply chain with precision-guided munitions while the United States is still using dumb bombs.Maintaining weapons stockpiles and a resilient force, let</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-pentagon-doesnt-need-to-reinvent-supply-chain-transparency/">The Pentagon Doesn&#8217;t Need to Reinvent Supply Chain Transparency</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>March Separately, Strike Combined: Rethinking Mass and Maneuver on the Transparent Battlefield</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randy Noorman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Between May 10 and 13, 1940, German Panzer Group Kleist advanced through the densely wooded Ardennes Forest, which the French considered impenetrable to large, mechanized formations. Numbering five armored and three motorized infantry divisions, totaling around 41,000 vehicles, the entire panzer group moved along just four Rollbahnen, or axes of advance, creating the largest traffic jam in military history.When the leading XIX Armored Corps, commanded by Gen. Heinz Guderian, converged on the French city of Sedan, it epitomized the concept of Schwerpunkt, or point of main effort. Following his maxim &#8220;Klotzen, nicht kleckern&#8221; (hit with the fist, don&#8217;t feel with</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As China and India have improved their relations in recent months, many observers have attributed this improvement to the end of U.S. strategic altruism toward India. Indeed, in the past year, China has watched India lose its balance and simmer in a sense of strategic disorientation due to America&#8217;s change of heart. Delegation after delegation of Indian strategists visited China, trying to mend ties in search of balance in the Chinese view. Many Chinese experts see India as returning to middle-power alignment for &#8220;economic authority and strategic freedom,&#8221; which translates into vigorous outreach to Europe, Japan, Canada, and all the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/chinas-strategic-reassessment-of-india/">China’s Strategic Reassessment of India</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks of Hosting U.S. Military Bases?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayumi Teraoka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Since the end of World War II, the United States has maintained hundreds of military installations abroad. While U.S. forces have faced some objections to their presence, many allies and partners have seen U.S. bases and other facilities on their territory as a sign of their close relations with a superpower, a form of protection, and an economic boon. However, the war with Iran has raised questions about whether hosting U.S. military installations subjects Arab Gulf states to Iranian retaliation while failing to provide sufficient protection. The sudden withdrawal of U.S. B-1 bombers from the RAF Fairford site in the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/do-the-benefits-outweigh-the-risks-of-hosting-u-s-military-bases/">Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks of Hosting U.S. Military Bases?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Jacobs]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Golden Dome Is Technologically and Financially Infeasible</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederick Lamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: This is the first article in a two-part series exploring the Golden Dome for America proposal. Please also read the second, &#8220;The Golden Dome Proposal is Destabilizing and Dangerous.&#8221;For as long as nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles have existed, strategists and engineers have pursued a seductive idea: a shield effective enough to diminish &#8212; or even block &#8212; a ballistic missile attack. The appeal is obvious. A state that could reliably intercept ballistic missiles could protect its cities from these terrifying weapons and reduce its adversaries&#8217; leverage.But defenses against strategic ballistic missiles have a long</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/golden-dome-is-technologically-and-financially-infeasible/">Golden Dome Is Technologically and Financially Infeasible</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>How Sudan Became a Laboratory for Drone Warfare, Thanks to Abu Dhabi</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Zaidan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In June 2026, I visited Khartoum, my hometown, for the first time since the war broke out in Sudan in April 2023. I left the city to seek safety with my family after the war spread into civilian neighborhoods. I never imagined I would return to the same city. I was very excited but also traumatized by the destruction I saw as the plane landed at Khartoum International Airport. The airport was busy, with many Sudanese returning after commercial flights resumed in May 2026. But the growing drone warfare that is spreading over Sudan threatens the return of hopeful Sudanese</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/how-sudan-became-a-laboratory-for-drone-warfare-thanks-to-abu-dhabi/">How Sudan Became a Laboratory for Drone Warfare, Thanks to Abu Dhabi</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>China’s Military Expansion in Southeast Asia Masks a More Complicated Reality</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Myers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Chinese Ministry of Defense&#8217;s announcement of a &#8220;joint support and training center&#8221; at an airport in Ban Keun, Laos, on Sept. 29 drew attention to the People&#8217;s Liberation Army&#8217;s growing footprint in Southeast Asia. Although China does not call it a &#8220;base&#8221; and said it&#8217;s &#8220;not targeted at any third party,&#8221; it is China&#8217;s first publicly acknowledged overseas military facility centered on airpower. Ban Keun joins Djibouti and Cambodia&#8217;s Ream Naval Base as nodes in a burgeoning network of overseas Chinese security infrastructure.Concern is understandable. While smaller than China&#8217;s base in Djibouti, satellite imagery reveals eight light attack aircraft</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/chinas-military-expansion-in-southeast-asia-masks-a-more-complicated-reality/">China’s Military Expansion in Southeast Asia Masks a More Complicated Reality</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Paradox of Victory: When Winning in Ukraine Raises the Nuclear Stakes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy Shapiro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 2022, Jeremy Shapiro warned in &#8220;We Are on a Path to Nuclear War&#8221; that the war between Russia and Ukraine was heading toward nuclear escalation. Four years into the war, we asked him to revisit that argument.Image: Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia CommonsIn your original piece, you named nuclear escalation as &#8220;the path that we are currently on.&#8221; Instead, the past few years have brought several rounds of stalled negotiations and, more recently, a near-frozen front line. What has kept nuclear escalation in check over the last year?We are still on that path. As the piece noted, &#8220;It is likely</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-paradox-of-victory-when-winning-in-ukraine-raises-the-nuclear-stakes/">The Paradox of Victory: When Winning in Ukraine Raises the Nuclear Stakes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Mecca Pact and Pakistan’s Bid to Become Indispensable</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhib Rahman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For most of its history, Pakistan&#8217;s geopolitical value has risen and fallen with other countries&#8217; emergencies. The Mecca Pact may be its most serious attempt yet to break that cycle. On Aug. 31, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey established a secretariat in Saudi Arabia for the Mecca Defence Agreement. The first secretary-general comes from Pakistan for a three-year term. The agreement builds on the Saudi-Pakistani agreement signed in September 2025, locking a decades-old informal security arrangement into a mutual defense pact. Turkey&#8217;s inclusion in August 2026 transformed it into a NATO-style collective security arrangement. The three states also outlined cooperation</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-mecca-pact-and-pakistans-bid-to-become-indispensable/">The Mecca Pact and Pakistan’s Bid to Become Indispensable</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The United Kingdom’s Military AI Ambitions Need Guardrails</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgia Cole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Advancing military AI capability is a priority for the United Kingdom, and in recent weeks, the new government has doubled down on its ambitions for AI and defense via two major partnerships.On Aug. 24, 2026, on his first overseas trip as the new prime minister of the United Kingdom, Andy Burnham signed a landmark partnership: The United Kingdom is the first international partner to receive access to Ukraine&#8217;s Avengers AI Labs. The deal will allow the United Kingdom to train its military AI systems with battlefield data, which give crucial insights into warfighting in the 21st century. In return, the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-united-kingdoms-military-ai-ambitions-need-guardrails/">The United Kingdom’s Military AI Ambitions Need Guardrails</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Doubts Grow Over the Terms of Ukraine&#8217;s European Union Accession</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Wiley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.Western coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield &#8212; these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/doubts-grow-over-the-terms-of-ukraines-european-union-accession/">Doubts Grow Over the Terms of Ukraine&#8217;s European Union Accession</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Building an Arsenal That Survives the Tenth Salvo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Czinger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>America faces a well-defined industrial base problem. Whether it&#8217;s a hypothetical Taiwan invasion wargame run two dozen times, the current Iranian conflict, or the Russo-Ukrainian War, the same result repeats: Magazines of key weapons such as cruise missile systems and interceptors empty within days, weeks, or months, and the current industrial base takes years to replenish them. Part of that shortfall results from the analog way in which missile structures are designed, tooled, and sourced, which locks the entire supply chain into rigid, design-specific schedules.The first salvo depends on platforms, positioning, and doctrine, all things controllable by militaries. But the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/building-an-arsenal-that-survives-the-tenth-salvo/">Building an Arsenal That Survives the Tenth Salvo</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>How Taiwan Activates Beijing’s Chosen Fear</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Edward Gehrke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The standard explanations for why Taiwan is so important to the Chinese Communist Party are familiar: territorial integrity, credibility of deterrence commitments, great power competition with the United States, the strategic value of the first island chain, and the semiconductor industry concentrated in TSMC&#8217;s fabrication facilities. These explanations work, but they don&#8217;t tell the whole story. Rational strategic calculation does not produce a posture in which a nuclear-armed state with the world&#8217;s second-largest economy treats a democratic island of 23 million people as a permanent, non-negotiable crisis. But what is rational depends largely on how history has defined you and</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/how-taiwan-activates-beijings-chosen-fear/">How Taiwan Activates Beijing’s Chosen Fear</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Hartman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For years, ground autonomy lagged well behind its counterparts in the air. That gap is starting to close. Jonathan is joined by Ryan Hartman (Ondas Sentinel) and Scott Philips (Forterra) to examine what it takes to field autonomous ground vehicles in combat. The conversation ranges across what Ukraine and Gaza have taught them, what operating without GPS and resilient communications really looks like, air-ground teaming, and more. Image: Lance Cpl. Talan Werner via DVIDS.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/ground-robots-are-arriving-on-the-front-lines/">Ground Robots Are Arriving on the Front Lines</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael D. Swaine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The American team thought it was signaling restraint. The Chinese team saw preparations for combat. In a closed-door Sino-American crisis simulation I helped organize in the 2010s &#8212; which the U.S. military funded as part of a long-term project &#8212; the Americans repositioned an aircraft carrier away from a maritime dispute between China and the Philippines, expecting the move to reassure Beijing. Instead, the Chinese participants became deeply alarmed. They believed the carrier was now ideally positioned to launch combat operations while remaining less vulnerable to attack. The episode revealed how suspicion could turn an intended reassurance into an apparent</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/how-china-and-america-can-move-from-competition-to-stability/">How China and America Can Move from Competition to Stability</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WOTR Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Adversarial.&#160;Every other week, we&#8217;ll provide you with expert analysis on America&#8217;s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranIn late September, U.S. and Iranian negotiators engaged in indirect talks for the first time since the memorandum of understanding they struck in June fell apart. On Oct. 8, U.S. President Donald Trump said &#8220;productive discussions&#8221; were underway. But it will take some doing to break the deadlock. Tehran&#8217;s offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week carries diminishing allure for Washington, as traffic through the chokepoint has trended upward. Also, Iran&#8217;s demand</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/shows-of-strength-and-signs-of-strain/">Shows of Strength and Signs of Strain</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Last Mile of Pentagon Reform Runs Through the Brigade</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Ziller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A kill chain measured in seconds cannot depend on processes measured in weeks or months. The Pentagon recognizes that drone proliferation and AI-enabled lethal targeting are reducing decision cycles and increasing the premium on speed. The 2025 drone and acquisition reforms and the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Strategy call for faster procurement, fewer integration barriers, open architectures, continuous experimentation, and greater access to emerging technology.Yet the experience of myself and fellow soldiers in the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division (1/82), before and during its deployment in support of Operation Epic Fury shows that this reform agenda falls short at</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-last-mile-of-pentagon-reform-runs-through-the-brigade/">The Last Mile of Pentagon Reform Runs Through the Brigade</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Fontaine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 79 A.D., Gaius Plinius Secundus, known today as Pliny the Elder, was the supreme commander of the Roman imperial fleet, permanently stationed at Misenum near Naples. He died during the eruption of Vesuvius, after sailing across the bay on a valiant but unsuccessful rescue mission. Amid such heavy responsibilities, Pliny also wrote one of antiquity&#8217;s great encyclopedic works. He read and excerpted books of all kinds, and he knew something about Roman monuments. On the form and meaning of the triumphal arch, his explanation was characteristically blunt: &#8220;The point of columns with statues on top is to raise a</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/fornication-in-america-trumps-arch-romes-emperors-and-the-meaning-of-victory/">Fornication in America: Trump’s Arch, Rome’s Emperors, and the Meaning of Victory</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For America&#8217;s 250th anniversary, Cogs of War ran ten essays on innovations forged in wartime that subsequently diffused throughout the civilian economy, or had a lasting impact on society, governance, and Americans&#8217; relationship with technology. We received submissions on a wide range of technologies, ranging from a copying lathe built for musket stocks after the War of 1812 to the stealth bomber. Over the last few weeks, subscribers to our free newsletter voted, and we&#8217;re pleased to announce the winners of our contest below.One idea surfaced in most of the essays: Historically, the government&#8217;s role in innovation was as much</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/ten-wartime-technologies-at-americas-250th/">Ten Wartime Technologies at America&#8217;s 250th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George M. Dougherty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 1914, European armies entered a war with forces designed to move. Within months, they were digging themselves into the earth. Fires from newly introduced machine guns and heavy artillery made movement across exposed ground a proposition far more deadly than in any war that had ever afflicted humanity. More than a century later, armies are confronting an unsettling echo of that experience in Ukraine.Drones and other robotic precision weapons fill the low-altitude airspace, detecting and destroying tanks and other large vehicles that appear anywhere near the Ukrainian front and devastating any attempts at mobile ground offensives by infantry. Western</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/achieving-breakthrough-maneuver-warfare-in-the-face-of-robotic-mass/">Achieving Breakthrough: Maneuver Warfare in the Face of Robotic Mass</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ankit Panda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For this edition of The Atlantic Brief, the Royal United Services Institute and War on the Rocks&#160;present a dialogue on U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence. Participating experts from the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and the United States bring decades of first-hand experience in the armed forces, diplomacy, and foreign policy. They explore evolving views of America&#8217;s extended nuclear deterrence, the role of the British and French nuclear forces, and assess implications for NATO.Speakers: Ankit Panda: Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and host of the War on the Rocks</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-atlantic-brief-u-s-and-european-perspectives-on-nuclear-deterrence/">The Atlantic Brief: U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Gilroy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The U.S. Navy&#8217;s May 2026 shipbuilding plan, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, uses the word &#8220;innovative&#8221; eight times. The plan applies that word, among other things, to the Columbia-class submarine, an acquisition strategy for the medium landing ship, and new approaches to running the public shipyards. Elsewhere, the shipbuilding plan notes that recent increases in wages at Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding got both yards to their required 2025 hiring rate and cut attrition by two to five percent.While added funding is a welcome salve to the Navy&#8217;s well-known problem of shipyard worker shortages, it</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-navys-missing-welders-are-stocking-shelves/">The Navy&#8217;s Missing Welders Are Stocking Shelves</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Anthropic recently disclosed five cases in which users hid their countries while asking Claude for help enhancing pathogens or toxins. This added fuel to the ongoing debate over whether progress in AI should be slowed. Insider warnings of threats to human lives from artificial intelligence have been received as everything from prescient humility to a hoax or marketing stunt. But in a world where AI-designed biological viruses have already been grown in the lab, the threats should be reckoned with in any biodefense strategy.The &#8220;AI doomer&#8221; model of biological risks is that AI will develop intelligence beyond that of any</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/how-to-defend-against-ai-designed-viruses/">How to Defend Against AI-Designed Viruses</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Kindling, Catalyst, and Containment: Will the West Bank Ignite?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank has escalated, often with the acquiescence or support of Israel&#8217;s military, and the Israeli government has increasingly constricted Palestinian daily life, the potential for a new intifada &#8212; or uprising &#8212; has intensified. The first Palestinian intifada began in late 1987 and continued for several years. Civil society played a major role in organizing the first intifada, which started as mostly nonviolent and included economic measures such as strikes and boycotts. The second intifada broke out in 2000 and lasted into 2005. It was much more violent than the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/kindling-catalyst-and-containment-will-the-west-bank-ignite/">Kindling, Catalyst, and Containment: Will the West Bank Ignite?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Iran Faces Severe Challenges to Rebuild Missile and Drone Production</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Lamson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>With the significant Israeli and U.S. military attacks against Iran in 2025 and early 2026, analysts have discussed and debated Iran&#8217;s ability to replenish its missile and drone arsenal. Since 2024, Iran has burned through thousands of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and one-way attack drones in its retaliatory attacks against Israel, U.S. military bases, and other targets in the region. In addition, air and missile strikes destroyed many more Iranian missiles and drones along with their launchers. Importantly, Israeli and U.S. attacks in 2024, 2025, and especially 2026 cumulatively caused severe damage to Iran&#8217;s missile and drone industry as well</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/iran-faces-severe-challenges-to-rebuild-missile-and-drone-production/">Iran Faces Severe Challenges to Rebuild Missile and Drone Production</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Certainty is a Luxury Ukrainians Must Create</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Wiley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.Western coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield &#8212; these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/certainty-is-a-luxury-ukrainians-must-create/">Certainty is a Luxury Ukrainians Must Create</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The AI-Assisted Strategic Own Goal in the Kill Chain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Summers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For eighty years, the Western alliance has anchored its strength in moral legitimacy, shared values, and the resulting credibility to shape international norms. NATO&#8217;s durability through the Cold War rested on more than nuclear deterrence alone: a shared conviction that the alliance represented a rules-based order worth sustaining, in which the use of force was bounded by law, constrained by democratic accountability, and subject to independent scrutiny. Dozens of nations aligned with a framework in which power was subject to restraint.That framework is now under pressure from several directions, but one unexpected contributor is the increasing use of AI embedded</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-ai-assisted-strategic-own-goal-in-the-kill-chain/">The AI-Assisted Strategic Own Goal in the Kill Chain</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>China is Watching Us. Is the U.S. Air Force Still Watching China?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mattis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On Oct. 1, 2026, Beijing celebrated the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China and the beginning of the end for the U.S. Air University&#8217;s China Aerospace Studies Institute. The institute was one of several centers of excellence established across the U.S. military&#8217;s professional military education programs, with the Army, Navy, and Air Force each running a center focused on its own service&#8217;s needs. The China Aerospace Studies Institute, however, was more than just a U.S. Air Force and Space Force research center that provided open-source insights on their Chinese counterparts. The in-house analysts and the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/china-is-watching-us-is-the-u-s-air-force-still-watching-china/">China is Watching Us. Is the U.S. Air Force Still Watching China?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>How Closed Airspace Threatens U.S. Military Mobility Across Eurasia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Kolbin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For much of the modern aviation era, geography was something the global aviation industry learned to overcome. Simply put, unlike a railway, a pipeline, or a highway, an aircraft does not require a continuous physical infrastructure between its point of departure and its destination. Routes could change, aircraft could move between markets, and hubs could rise and decline. If economics justified a service, aviation possessed an extraordinary ability to find another way through. Before 2022, for nearly a decade at Russian AirBridgeCargo Airlines, I watched that principle operate from inside one of the most geographically ambitious cargo networks in the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/how-closed-airspace-threatens-u-s-military-mobility-across-eurasia/">How Closed Airspace Threatens U.S. Military Mobility Across Eurasia</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Cyber Operators Are Deployed in Place. The Pentagon Should Treat Them That Way</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Sanger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A cyber operator can spend a shift tracking an adversary halfway around the world, walk to the parking lot, and be home in time for dinner. There is no flight home, no demobilization, and no transition from an operational mission back to ordinary life. The war zone is a commute away. That arrangement looks like one of the advantages of cyber warfare. It is also becoming one of its human costs.Bloomberg reported in August that as many as five people working at or alongside U.S. Cyber Command took their own lives in a five-week period in June and July this</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cyber-operators-are-deployed-in-place-the-pentagon-should-treat-them-that-way/">Cyber Operators Are Deployed in Place. The Pentagon Should Treat Them That Way</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Jaw-Jaw With Belarus, Revisited Amid Ukraine War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kimmage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 2021, Michael Kimmage wrote, &#8220;Belarus and the Ukraine Trap,&#8221; where he argued the United States should adopt a realistic diplomatic relationship with Belarus that takes into account its strategic partnership with Russia and learns from overpromises made to Ukraine. Five years later, we asked Michael to revisit his arguments. Image: President of BelarusIn your 2021 article, you named Belarus as one of the most likely places for a war to break out between Russia and the West. Belarus became a staging ground for Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, yet a direct confrontation with NATO has not occurred. What factors explain</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/jaw-jaw-with-belarus-revisited-amid-ukraine-war/">Jaw-Jaw With Belarus, Revisited Amid Ukraine War</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>MacGyver at Scale: Winning Future Air Wars of Rapid Technological Adaptation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[George M. Dougherty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>During a recent training exercise in the western Pacific, a small group of engineers single-handedly saved the day.In the scenario, adversary covert forces used first-person view drones to intercept American helicopters that were shuttling between austere forward island airbases. Some helicopters were shot down, and the rest were forced to suspend flight operations, meaning the island bases were cut off from each other and from easy resupply. Fortunately, one of the U.S. bases included a small, forward-deployed team of military engineers and their equipment. They analyzed the adversary radio control techniques and then designed and built custom self-protection radio jammers,</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/macgyver-at-scale-winning-future-air-wars-of-rapid-technological-adaptation/">MacGyver at Scale: Winning Future Air Wars of Rapid Technological Adaptation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>School of War or School of Battle? Educating for an Uncertain Future</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael P. Ferguson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 1901, military analyst Jan Bloch declared that new military technologies had changed war so radically that the study of history had become useless. He castigated military officers who prepared for future war based on &#8220;musty precedents&#8221; and who failed to recognize that the past was as irrelevant to the future as the experiences of caterpillars were to butterflies. Some of his tactical predictions did prove prescient: He anticipated that modern firepower and entrenchments would make decisive battle impossible. But he was very wrong about the continued value of history. After all, it was his study of past wars &#8212;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/school-of-war-or-school-of-battle-educating-for-an-uncertain-future/">School of War or School of Battle? Educating for an Uncertain Future</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Triumph or Procrastination? Experts Split on the Trump-Xi Summit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Bresnick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Over the better part of three days, President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington for a summit that drew international attention for its high-stakes agenda, from trade and AI to Taiwan. While some experts saw the summit as an exercise in kicking the can down the road on major issues, others emphasized the significance of Trump treating Xi as an equal on the world stage.&#160;Read more below.Sam Bresnick Research Fellow and Andrew W. Marshall Fellow at Georgetown&#8217;s Center for Security and Emerging TechnologyThe Xi-Trump summit yielded little progress on AI. Yes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/triumph-or-procrastination-experts-split-on-the-trump-xi-summit/">Triumph or Procrastination? Experts Split on the Trump-Xi Summit</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Rated Ready is Not Ready: What America’s Korea Exercises Actually Measure</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexei Hoffman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We want to stop the North Koreans as far from Pusan as we can. Block the main road as far north as possible. Contact General Church. If you can&#8217;t locate him, go to Taejon and beyond if you can. Sorry I can&#8217;t give you more information. That&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve got. Good luck to you, and God bless you and your men.&#8221; -Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, orders to Lt. Col. Charles B. Smith, July 1, 1950, four days before Task Force Smith was overrun at Osan.The battery I served in at Camp Casey, South Korea, the 333rd Field Artillery Target</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/rated-ready-is-not-ready-what-americas-korea-exercises-actually-measure/">Rated Ready is Not Ready: What America’s Korea Exercises Actually Measure</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Writing the Playbook: A Strategy and Doctrine for American Economic Security</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Welter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In January, this article series opened with a blunt question: Economic statecraft is back, but is America ready?Driving the question, in part, was the fact that the United States had not yet articulated (at least overtly) a strategy for economic statecraft. This was despite widening recognition that nations were increasingly using economic tools like tariffs and sanctions to pursue strategic objectives. U.S. awareness was particularly elevated by the realization during COVID-19 that decades of Chinese market manipulation, predatory trade behaviors, and security vulnerabilities deployed against its markets had gone unanswered.On the eve of the nation&#8217;s 250th anniversary, Treasury Secretary Scott</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/writing-the-playbook-a-strategy-and-doctrine-for-american-economic-security/">Writing the Playbook: A Strategy and Doctrine for American Economic Security</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>What Will Hegseth’s “State of the Force” Reprise Reveal?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Feaver]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is expected to convene a high-profile meeting of military personnel for a &#8220;State of the Force&#8221; address this week. Will it show the U.S. armed forces as healthy? The answer may depend on how the audience responds, regardless of what Hegseth says. How the audience handles what could be one of the higher-visibility made-for-media events of the defense secretary&#8217;s tenure could tell us a lot about how the U.S. military has adjusted to President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term.Reporting on the event is spotty, which suggests the Pentagon&#8217;s leadership is still deciding whether to hold it,</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/what-will-hegseths-state-of-the-force-reprise-reveal/">What Will Hegseth’s “State of the Force” Reprise Reveal?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Unhedgeable Bet: What the Future Combat Systems Can Teach Us About Acquisition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Tenbusch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Pentagon describes Golden Dome for America as a&#160;&#8220;system of systems,&#8221; an integrated air and missile defense architecture that combines space-based sensors, orbital interceptors, ground systems, and a command network designed to defeat any aerial attack. Eighteen months after its founding executive order, the program broke ground on its first operational site. Its architecture remains so closely held that the Congressional Budget Office cannot fully price it, and cost estimates span from $252 billion to $3.6 trillion. The program also carries significant risk of failure, depending on how many tightly coupled, interdependent systems it attempts to integrate.One of the last</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-unhedgeable-bet-what-the-future-combat-systems-can-teach-us-about-acquisition/">The Unhedgeable Bet: What the Future Combat Systems Can Teach Us About Acquisition</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Discipline of Refusal: Constitutional Concerns About Lawful Orders in the U.S. Military</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Shulkitas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Military doctrine gives officers a clear rule for manifestly unlawful orders: Refuse them. It offers no comparable rule when lawful action appears to threaten the constitutional structure the military serves. The first response is neither refusal nor resignation, but rather deliberative friction.Deliberative friction is the professional duty to raise a credible constitutional concern in a form that remains attributable and survives the decision to execute. The officer submits the concern in writing to the commander and copies an inspector general, while the authorized decision-maker retains control of execution. An individual officer will often see only a fragment of a larger</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-discipline-of-refusal-constitutional-concerns-about-lawful-orders-in-the-u-s-military/">The Discipline of Refusal: Constitutional Concerns About Lawful Orders in the U.S. Military</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Manhattan Project Mindset: How Nuclear Analogies Are Steering AI Policy Off Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Analogies for artificial intelligence abound. In recent years, analysts have likened the development of AI to the advent of electricity, the Industrial Revolution, contact with extraterrestrials, and at least fifty other things. One analogy, however, appears to have won out over the rest: AI is like nuclear weapons.This comparison is now ubiquitous in government rhetoric, policy debates, and media accounts about AI. The risks of advanced AI are equated with the existential risk posed by nuclear weapons. There are several references to AI development as a modern-day Manhattan Project. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review&#8217;s 2024 Annual Report to Congress</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-manhattan-project-mindset-how-nuclear-analogies-are-steering-ai-policy-off-course/">The Manhattan Project Mindset: How Nuclear Analogies Are Steering AI Policy Off Course</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Why the Week&#8217;s Most Important Story Went Unwritten</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Wiley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to&#160;The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks&#160;members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield &#8212; these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline and Strategy&#1044;&#1079;&#1077;&#1088;&#1082;&#1072;&#1083;&#1086;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/why-the-weeks-most-important-story-went-unwritten/">Why the Week&#8217;s Most Important Story Went Unwritten</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Collective Defense in an Era of Tokens and Data Links</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adm. Pierre Vandier]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>NATO&#8217;s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Adm. Pierre Vandier, returns to the studio to discuss how the alliance is continuously adapting to a new era of warfare driven by software, data, and uncrewed systems, and where it still lags. He explains why NATO is favoring field experimentation, how allies can build sovereign defense tech ecosystems without sacrificing interoperability, and what the right balance between unmanned and legacy platforms might look like.Image: 1st Sgt. Austin Berner via DVIDS.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/collective-defense-in-an-era-of-tokens-and-data-links/">Collective Defense in an Era of Tokens and Data Links</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Speed to Fielding Is Not Speed to Combat Power</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Woodhouse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I spent more than 20 years in U.S. Army air defense, much of it in cramped control stations where the difference between a successful engagement and a catastrophic loss came down to the soldier at the console. The radar did its job. The fire control system did its job. But the responsibility, the weight, and the trust sat on one person making a call in seconds, sometimes less.Now I sit on the other side of the fence, as vice president of space, air, and missile defense for business development at Leonardo DRS. I work for a defense contractor with a</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/speed-to-fielding-is-not-speed-to-combat-power/">Speed to Fielding Is Not Speed to Combat Power</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Tracing the Future Soldier&#8217;s Tech Stack</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Movies, shows, and books have long been at the forefront of imagining the future of war. If you were to picture the &#8220;future soldier,&#8221; you&#8217;d likely picture the genetically engineered super soldiers that have captivated &#8212; and horrified &#8212; audiences for decades. Soldiers have been depicted as being engineered or bred for super strength or speed, intense rage or cold calculation, and even half-human, half-machine.While Hollywood&#8217;s most alarmist visions for the future soldier are nothing more than fantasy, advances in technologies and AI are pushing the frontier of soldier technologies.&#160;Cogs of War staff wanted to sort through what capabilities have</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/tracing-the-future-soldiers-tech-stack/">Tracing the Future Soldier&#8217;s Tech Stack</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>North Korea’s Irregular Warfare After Ukraine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anton Ponomarenko]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Pyongyang has a long history of conducting irregular warfare and asymmetric operations: Look no further than the 1968 Blue House raid or the 1996 submarine incursion as the most pressing examples. More often than not, North Korea failed to achieve the intended objectives of its missions and lost its commandos. Despite failures, the regime pressed on, and now, over thirty years after the sub incursion, it has the combat experience of its special operations forces in Kursk to leverage. For policymakers and analysts, the more urgent question is that of transferability and operationalization of the Kursk lessons to the Korean</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/north-koreas-irregular-warfare-after-ukraine/">North Korea’s Irregular Warfare After Ukraine</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iskander Rehman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If one is to judge by the fire and ardor with which this book is sought after, it is the most excellent of all books. Never were so many copies printed of any work; never were so many editions made of a single book; never has any writing been read by so many people.&#8221; -Pierre-Valentin Faydit in La T&#233;l&#233;macomanie (1700), snidely critiquing the &#8220;mania&#8221; surrounding the initial publication of The Adventures of Telemachus.A sprawling epic that thrills the public, mesmerizes it with its aesthetic qualities and technical prowess, and reignites collective interest in some of the most foundational texts of</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/power-prudence-and-restraint-in-fenelons-telemachus/">Power, Prudence, and Restraint in Fénelon’s Telemachus</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Chisholm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Traumatic brain injury became the signature wound of the post-9/11 wars because the battlefield changed. Improvised explosive devices changed the nature of American combat injuries. But the medical and legal systems that followed &#8212; including the Department of Veterans Affairs&#8217; own adjudication frameworks &#8212; took years to catch up.Drone warfare is doing it again. And the gap between battlefield reality and the systems meant to support veterans may be widening faster than the last time.As a veterans disability appellate law firm, Chisholm Chisholm &#38; Kilpatrick has represented tens of thousands of veterans in situations like this &#8212; instances where the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/the-new-signature-wounds-how-drone-warfare-is-reshaping-the-injuries-veterans-bring-home/">The New Signature Wounds: How Drone Warfare Is Reshaping the Injuries Veterans Bring Home</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sungmin Cho]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In 2021, Sungmin Cho wrote, &#8220;South Korea&#8217;s Taiwan Conundrum,&#8221; where he argued Seoul&#8217;s complex strategic position makes engagement on questions of involvement over a Taiwan contingency complicated. Five years later, we asked him to revisit his arguments.Image: U.S. Navy (Photo by Seaman Apprentice Cale Hatch)In your 2021 article, you argued that&#160;Seoul should more actively engage in strategic dialogue with Washington on Taiwan issues. Five years later, what does that dialogue look like? How has South Korea adjusted its strategic thinking regarding involvement in a potential Taiwan contingency since 2021, based on its relationship with the United States?Outside the government, the</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/south-koreas-deliberate-strategic-ambiguity-on-taiwan/">South Korea’s Deliberate Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Wood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We spare the reader another detailed story from Ukraine to establish the now-familiar point that battlefield technology changes faster than militaries can acquire, review, and field it. The villain in this story is easy to identify: bureaucracy. The fashionable remedies are equally familiar &#8212; cut the red tape slowing procurement, or revise the policy review requirements for autonomous weapon systems. But bureaucratic reform, however necessary, cannot eliminate the fundamental challenges machine-learning-based systems pose for rapid testing, evaluation, validation, and verification. Moreover, legal and operational reasons make it unwise to cut corners on compliance with domestic and international law.Rather than relying</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/winning-by-the-rules-optimizing-weapons-reviews-in-the-age-of-technological-innovation/">Winning by the Rules: Optimizing Weapons Reviews in the Age of Technological Innovation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jun-seok Lee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Earlier this month, President Donald Trump shared a Washington Post opinion piece on his social media, arguing that South Korea should send its Cheongung-II air-defense system to Ukraine. Additionally, the Trump administration continues to pressure Seoul to send troops to the Strait of Hormuz. Neither the U.S.-Iranian conflict nor the Russo-Ukrainian War is new, yet the simultaneity of U.S. pressure on Seoul to help in its war with Iran and to support Ukraine is striking.While such diverging asks are indeed unprecedented, this is partly due to a lack of principles that stipulate a clear South Korean position. South Korea should</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/seoul-needs-a-playbook-for-hormuz-ukraine-and-what-comes-next/">Seoul Needs a Playbook for Hormuz, Ukraine, and What Comes Next</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Operation Inherent Resolve is scheduled to end on Sept. 30, as remaining U.S. troops in northern Iraq complete their withdrawal. The United States formed Combined Joint Task Force &#8211; Operation Inherent Resolve in October 2014 to bring together partners to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which had seized territory in parts of Iraq and Syria. The end of Operation Inherent Resolve highlights the success of coalition efforts against ISIL but also raises questions about future political stability and security in Iraq and Syria &#8212; and whether ISIL could rise again. The U.S. departure from northern</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/what-the-end-of-operation-inherent-resolve-means-for-iraq-and-syria/">What the End of Operation Inherent Resolve Means for Iraq and Syria</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dareen Khalifa]]></dc:creator>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lina Khatib]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Missed the Marque: Cyber Privateers Wanted, Compensation to Be Determined</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Hardy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Coverage of the new White House memorandum on combating cybercrime quickly reached the privateer label. CNN called the participants &#8220;cyber privateers,&#8221; invoking the image of government-sanctioned raiders working the high seas of cyberspace, hauling in digital booty. The reality is considerably less romantic. The administration has tried to create a private offensive cyber program using an exception buried in outdated legislation, and that has shaped how the program must be constructed. For this reason and others, the proposed framework will likely not attract the talent needed to address transnational cybercrime meaningfully.Within a single month, Congress and the White House each</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/missed-the-marque-cyber-privateers-wanted-compensation-to-be-determined/">Missed the Marque: Cyber Privateers Wanted, Compensation to Be Determined</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Wiley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to&#160;The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks&#160;members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield &#8212; these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline and Strategy&#1060;&#1086;&#1082;&#1091;&#1089;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/zelenskys-perception-problem-are-new-partnerships-a-solution/">Zelensky&#8217;s Perception Problem: Are New Partnerships a Solution?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What do a rare earth mine in Brazil and a graphite mine in Mozambique have in common? Both have received significant United States government funding. The rub? Neither was subject, when the financing was committed, to the corporate governance standards that American listed companies are: an independent board, an independent audit committee, and audited disclosure to shareholders.There are strong national and economic security justifications for the recent push to use equity strategically to build secure American supply chains. Congress created the Development Finance Corporation in 2018 and the CHIPS program office in 2022, and has adopted a sharply faster pace</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/washingtons-foreign-equity-bets-need-better-governance/">Washington&#8217;s Foreign Equity Bets Need Better Governance</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles McFarlane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When the M-1943 field jacket was introduced at the height of World War II, it was a revolutionary garment. The jacket was the result of rigorous testing, input from an astonishingly diverse group of experts, and was produced by the most advanced textile and garment industry in the world at the time. But the essence of the M-1943 field jacket, and what made it so unique, was the very simple question it was trying to answer: &#8220;What does the soldier want?&#8221;The success of the field jacket highlights how a diversity of thought, a mastery of logistics, and a concern for</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/only-america-could-have-designed-the-field-jacket/">Only America Could Have Designed the Field Jacket</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to The Adversarial.&#160;Every other week, we&#8217;ll provide you with expert analysis on America&#8217;s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranSenior officials from Iran, Oman, and neighboring Gulf states were scheduled to meet in Salalah on Monday to unveil the provisions of a deal for managing the Strait of Hormuz. Those plans unraveled before the meeting could take place, and Oman&#8217;s foreign minister announced a postponement.For Tehran, securing buy-in from U.S. allies in the Gulf was potentially a step toward resuming negotiations with Washington &#8212; presenting the Trump administration with a fix, even if temporary,</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/pressure-points/">Pressure Points</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<title>Why Eurasia, Not the Indo-Pacific, Matters Most in Next Phase of Taiwan Deterrence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Moriyasu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deterrence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Washington is preparing for the right war, but in the wrong theater. For years, U.S. strategic thinking has centered on the Indo&#8209;Pacific: the militarized atolls of the South China Sea, China&#8217;s churning naval shipyards, and the tense waters of the Taiwan Strait. Yet the next phase of competition will likely play out on the Eurasian landmass, contested through pipelines, swing states, and shifting alignments along routes that overlap with the ancient Silk Road. This is where China is building alternative trade and energy corridors beyond the immediate reach of U.S. military power.Chinese strategists have long worried that, in a conflict</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/why-eurasia-not-the-indo-pacific-matters-most-in-next-phase-of-taiwan-deterrence/">Why Eurasia, Not the Indo-Pacific, Matters Most in Next Phase of Taiwan Deterrence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Pazos]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Latin America’s Balancing Act: Washington, Beijing, and the Post-Maduro Environment</title>
		<link>https://warontherocks.com/latin-americas-balancing-act-washington-beijing-and-the-post-maduro-environment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilia Farfán-Méndez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The year 2026 has brought sweeping change to Latin America&#8217;s relationship with the United States. Following a major military buildup in the Caribbean and strikes against vessels suspected of drug trafficking, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicol&#225;s Maduro on Jan. 3 &#8212; unilaterally deposing the country&#8217;s leader and making new oil deals with the post-Maduro government. Washington has also intensified economic and political pressure against Cuba, imposed more tariffs across the region, and said it would not renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, triggering renegotiations. Meanwhile, Washington has deepened security cooperation with several countries, including shifting some funds from other regions</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/latin-americas-balancing-act-washington-beijing-and-the-post-maduro-environment/">Latin America’s Balancing Act: Washington, Beijing, and the Post-Maduro Environment</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Gedan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cynthia Sanborn]]></dc:creator>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Kronick]]></dc:creator>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anya Prusa]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>A Body Blow? The War on Iran and U.S. Military Readiness</title>
		<link>https://warontherocks.com/a-body-blow-the-war-on-iran-and-u-s-military-readiness/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Cancian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War On The Rocks]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The war against Iran is putting new strains on U.S. military readiness by consuming munitions and missile defense interceptors, as well as through extended deployments, sustained operational demands, and the diversion of forces and attention from other theaters. Mark Cancian (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Stacie Pettyjohn (Center for a New American Security), and Michael Eisenstadt (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) join Ryan to unpack what readiness actually means, how the war is affecting it, what vulnerabilities have been exposed, and what it all means for deterrence and the U.S. military&#8217;s ability to respond to a crisis with</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/a-body-blow-the-war-on-iran-and-u-s-military-readiness/">A Body Blow? The War on Iran and U.S. Military Readiness</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacie Pettyjohn]]></dc:creator>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Eisenstadt]]></dc:creator>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Evans]]></dc:creator>
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