This video explores how industrialization transformed the nature of warfare from the 19th century onward. We examine the rise ...

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Bret C. Devereaux, an ancient military historian and Teaching Assistant ...

“Despite the remarkable developments in military technology, despite the weapons and machines which have vastly expanded our ...

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 war in Ukraine grinds on, well into its third year, now punctuated by Russian drone aircraft violating Polish and Romanian airspace. No clear victory or negotiated conclusion to the conflict is in ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised to showcase the “future of American warfare” with a sleek new artificial intelligence platform, only to watch the debut sputter in real time. Instead of ...

“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818. “War is chaos. It always has been. But technology makes it ...

The Russia-Ukraine war has emerged as a watershed moment in modern military history, fundamentally reshaping our understanding of contemporary warfare. This white paper analyzes five transformative ...

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The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East offer many lessons for better understanding, conducting, and countering irregular warfare. 1 On October 7, 2023, the Hamas attack on Israel combined attacks on ...