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Most Read War on the Rocks Articles of 2015

WOTR Staff

January 6, 2016

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Most Read War on the Rocks Articles of 2015

WOTR Staff

January 6, 2016

Before we rush headlong into 2016, let’s revisit the articles we published in 2015 that attracted the most attention.

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How Many Fighters Does the Islamic State Really Have?

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

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How to Take Over a Small Country in 10 Easy Steps

Sean McFate

3.

Did Anonymous Just Save the World from ISIL?

Clint Watts

4.

Military Retirement: Too Sweet a Deal?

Tim Kane

5.

What Tempers the Steel of an Infantry Unit

Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold (ret.)

6.

First Steps Towards the Force of the Future

Lt. Gen. Dave Barno (ret.) and Nora Bensahel

7.

Make No Mistake: The FBI and Army Retaliated Against a Hero

Rep. Duncan Hunter

8.

Chinese Special Operations Forces: Not Like Back at Bragg

Dennis Blasko

9.

Putin is a Far Better Strategist Than You Think

Michael Kofman

10.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Russia Analysis

Michael Kofman

11.

Ten Reasons Why China will Have Trouble Fighting a Modern War

Dennis Blasko

12.

I Loved Being a Soldier

Gen. Charles Jacoby (ret.)

13.

Nothing Comes Without Conditions: China’s Relationship with Pakistan

Myra MacDonald

14.

What Paris Taught Us About the Islamic State

Clint Watts

15.

The Problem with Hybrid Warfare

Nadia Schadlow

16.

How Sobriety Lost the Battle: Beer and the Battle of Trenton

Paul Lewandowski

17.

The Seductiveness of Special Ops

Michael Noonan

18.

No, the Russian Navy Isn’t Going to Collapse

Dmitry Gorenburg

19.

Buying the French Mistral Amphibious Ships is a Win-Win

Gene Germanovich and Noel Williams

20.

The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Self-Delusions of American Naval Power

Barney Rubel

21.

Russia’s Arsenal in Syria: What Do We Know?

Michael Kofman

22.

The Most Important Arms Deal You’ve Never Heard Of

Michael Kugelman

23.

Is the U.S. Military Ready for a Falklands War Scenario?

Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky (ret.)

24.

The 9 Scariest Things That China Could Do with the OPM Security Clearance Data

WOTR Staff

25.

Counter-Swarm: A Guide to Defeating Robotic Swarms

Paul Scharre

Congrats to these authors, with special mention to Clint Watts and Dennis Blasko for appearing twice on this year’s list and to Michael Kofman for appearing three times. Congrats also to Dmitry Gorenburg, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Myra MacDonald, and — again — Clint Watts for appearing on this list two years in a row.

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