On Nov. 8, 2024, Iran announced its proposed military budget for the year 1404 (March 2025–March 2026). In response to both ...

Money is the sinew of all wars. In Haiti, feuding gangs are financed by illicit traffic of all sorts, including narcotics and ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for the withdrawal of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon peacekeeping ...

Mike Kofman came by WOTR HQ to discuss the state of the front and findings from his most recent research trip to Ukraine.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine even before being sworn in. He has explicitly refrained ...

Many of America’s top military commanders predict that mastering teaming between humans and increasingly capable AI ...

There is a growing disconnect between the foreign policy objectives of the United States and the resources it devotes to ...

In 2021, Michael Shurkin and Aneliese Bernard wrote "Ten Things the United States Should Do to Combat Terrorism in the Sahel, ...

Sometimes, even mannequins fight battles. In the early weeks of the war in Ukraine, a captivating video surfaced on social media, offering a glimpse into tactics defining the conflict. The footage ...

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This article first appeared in War on the Rocks to honor Veterans Day in 2017. Seven years later, its message of fostering ...