As 2025 comes to an end, we at War on the Rocks reflect on the stories and events that our readers found most compelling in a ...

The first year of President Donald Trump’s second term brought many significant changes to U.S. foreign policy, as the ...

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On Dec. 5, 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reached a significant milestone in his bid to build “Europe’s strongest ...

On a frozen Himalayan ridgeline, Indian and Chinese troops still stare at each other through rifle sights. Thousands of miles ...

In honor of Christmas, we proudly publish the text of Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe's 1944 Christmas letter to the U.S. 101st ...

In 2020, Justin Lynch wrote “Yet Another About Information Technology and the Character of War,” where he argued that the ...