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Missiles Aren’t Strategy: Lessons From Iran for a Pacific Air War
David Deptula
and
Jahara Matisek
Why Iran Sticks By Hizballah
Arab Gulf States Respond to Iranian Attacks
What’s Going On In Iran?
WOTR Staff
Between Intent and Capability: Assessing the Lack of Iranian Attacks on the U.S. Homeland
Matthew Levitt
How the War with Iran Is Shaping U.S.-Chinese Competition
Zack Cooper
,
Yun Sun
,
Bonny Lin
,
Jacob Stokes
, and
Peter Harris
Why Lebanon Is Nonnegotiable for Iran
Sajjad Safaei
Is the Iranian Regime Truly Fractured?
Why Iran Metabolizes the Pressure that Broke Venezuela
Rashed M. Aba-namay
How the War in Iran Is Affecting Its Northern and Eastern Neighbors
Laura Linderman
,
Leila Alieva
,
Luca Anceschi
,
Michael Kugelman
, and
Albert B. Wolf
How Iran’s Regime Miscalculated and What Happens Next
What the War Against Iran Means for the U.S.-South Korean Alliance
Jihoon Yu
Iran and the Indispensable Broker: How Pakistan Outmaneuvers India on the World Stage
Farah Jan
A Fragile Ceasefire with Iran and the Price of Ending the War
Federico Manfredi Firmian
and
Anthony Wanis-St. John
Bonus In Brief: Choke Point: The Risks and Realities of America’s Iran Blockade
Emma Salisbury
,
Jennifer Parker
,
Alex Vatanka
,
Yun Sun
, and
Alessio Patalano
Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the Path to Defeat in Iran
Ryan Evans
Regime Change in Iran, Underpants Gnomes, and the Phase II Problem
Denis Prieur
Iran’s Other Front: The War Over the Internet
Sara Bazoobandi
Iran’s Asymmetric Counterair Campaign: Attacking the U.S. Air Force’s Nests and Eggs
Maximilian K. Bremer
and
Kelly A. Grieco
The Iran War’s Widening Impacts in the Middle East and North Africa
Gregory D. Johnsen
,
Alexander McKeever
,
Khaled Elgindy
,
Zaha Hassan
, and
Intissar Fakir
Iran’s Anti-Access and Area Denial Strategy Is Cruder Than China’s But Still Dangerous
Brigadier Anil Raman
How the War with Iran Ends
Omar Mohammed
The Global Ripple Effect of the War in Iran
WOTR Staff
European NATO Says “No” to Trump’s War in Iran
Grace Parcover
The Iran War and the Energy Lesson We Failed to Learn
Emily Holland
The Arsenal as the Battlefield: The War on Iran and the Return of Counter-Industrial Targeting
Tyler Hacker
,
Greg Malandrino
, and
Evan Braden Montgomery
The United States Suspends Sanctions on Russian and Iranian Oil — But It’s Complicated
The Trump Administration Had No Plan for the War with Iran
Sen. Ruben Gallego
The Cost of Hesitation: Why “Finishing the Mission” is Imperative in Iran
Rep. Sheri Biggs
Punish Russia for Helping Iran Target the U.S. Military
Ryan Evans
The Wins, Limits, and Opportunities of the Airpower Campaign in Iran
How Are Iran’s Partnerships with Belarus and Russia Holding Up During War?
Jack Roush
Raising the Costs of War: Iran’s Drone Usage in Operation Epic Fury
Proxy Pressure on Iran: The Promise and Pitfalls of Arming the Kurds
Jonathan Schroden
and
Zack Gold
The War in Iran and Implications for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
Ankit Panda
,
Nima Gerami
,
Kyle Balzer
, and
Kelsey Davenport
The War With Iran Intensifies
Why War in Iran Could Create More Nuclear Risks than It Solves
Anastasiia Savenko
How Does the Iran War Affect China’s Energy Security?
Yun Sun
Don’t Count Launches: Misreading Iran’s Drone Capacity
Kelly A. Grieco
A Blank Check for Israel and the War with Iran
Farah Jan
Iran’s Succession Politics, War Aims, and Oil Market Impacts
How Arming Iranian Kurds Could Backfire
A Worst-Case Scenario for the War with Iran
Kerry Boyd Anderson
As War With Iran Rages, the Axis of Resistance is in Survival Mode
Renad Mansour
Why Washington’s Kurdish Gambit Could Backfire in Iran
Albert B. Wolf
War in Iran Shapes Adversaries’ Calculations
WOTR Staff
Transatlantic Tensions and Why It Matters for Iran
Bonus In Brief: Global Reaction to the War in Iran
Kristin Smith Diwan
,
Roham Alvandi
,
Nicole Grajewski
,
Sameer Lalwani
, and
Jessica C. Liao
How Arab Gulf States Are Responding to the War with Iran
Day Three in Iran: Who’s Calling the Shots?
Daisy Johnston
Iran’s Surviving Leaders Respond to War and the Supreme Leader’s Death
Twice Bombed, Still Nuclear: The Limits of Force Against Iran’s Atomic Program
Nima Gerami
The United States Goes to War with Iran
A Proxy Without a Purpose: Hizballah and the Iran Crisis
Faysal Itani
and
Dania F. Arayssi
For Iran’s Regime, Better to Take a Beating than Capitulate
Tanya Goudsouzian
and
Ibrahim al-Marashi
Is Change Possible Within the Iranian Regime?
Iran and the Gulf: Why Hedging Is No Longer Enough
Bader Al-Saif
and
Sanam Vakil
How Are Iran’s Proxies Doing Amidst a Weakened Regime?
Farzin Zandi
Netanyahu and Trump Discuss Iran and Gaza
The Aftermath of the Protests in Iran
How We Arrived at this Iranian Moment and What Happens Next
Alex Vatanka
,
Holly Dagres
,
Naysan Rafati
,
Kerry Boyd Anderson
, and
Ryan Evans
Skipping to the Endgame on the Iran Strategy
Richard Nephew
Iran After the Supreme Leader
Dokhi Fassihian
Iran on the Brink
Silencing a Nation: Iran and Internet Blackouts
Protests and Crackdown: Implications for Iran
Alex Vatanka
,
Roham Alvandi
,
Nima Gerami
, and
Nicole Grajewski
Iranian Regime Crackdown on Protests Intensifies
The Reckoning of the Ayatollahs: Understanding Iran’s Burgeoning Uprising
The Reckoning of the Ayatollahs: Understanding Iran’s Burgeoning Uprising
Afshon Ostovar
and
Ryan Evans
Where Is the Iranian Regime Headed in 2026?
Iraq’s Elections and Iran’s Evolving Influence
Iraq’s Elections and U.S.-Iranian Competition
Unpacking Iran’s Relationship with Yemen’s Houthis
Joseph Wehmeyer
U.N. Sanctions Reimposed on Iran
Joseph Wehmeyer
Decoding the Russo-Iranian Partnership
Joseph Wehmeyer
Bearing Witness to Iran’s Woman-Led Uprising
Joseph Wehmeyer
Iran and the IAEA Resume Cooperation — Sort Of
Joseph Wehmeyer
The Iranian Revolution’s Forgotten Generations
Joseph Wehmeyer
The Clock Is Ticking on Snapback Sanctions Against Iran
Madeline Field
Profit and Peril in Iran’s Private Sector
Grace Parcover
Why Iran’s Nuclear Bet Didn’t Pay Off — and What That Might Mean
Joseph Wehmeyer
After the Strikes: Iran’s Nuclear Future
Abigail Taylor
Oil, Sanctions, and the State of the Iranian Economy
Joseph Wehmeyer
Iran’s Axis of Resistance Is Fracturing
Hamidreza Azizi
The Iranian Missile Program and Where It Goes Next
Joseph Wehmeyer
Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran
Bilal Y. Saab
and
Darren D. White
How Iran Overplayed its Hand
Michal Smetana
Iran’s Future in the Nonproliferation Regime
Abigail Taylor
Iran Suspends Cooperation with the IAEA
Abigail Taylor
Introducing “The Iran Reckoning with Afshon Ostovar”
Joseph Wehmeyer
Introducing “The Iran Reckoning with Afshon Ostovar”
Afshon Ostovar
and
Ryan Evans
Why Recent Surprise Attacks Against Russia and Iran Should Worry Taiwan
Michael A. Hunzeker
and
Yuster Yu
In a Changing Middle East, What Role Do Iran’s Partners Play?
Maria Fantappie
,
Gregory Johnsen
,
Laila Ballout
, and
Erik Skare
What’s Next After U.S. Strikes on Iran?
Joseph Wehmeyer
Intelligence, Strategy, and the Israeli-Iranian War
Joshua Rovner
Revisiting the Implications of Iran’s Long-Range Weapons Capabilities
Jim Lamson
The Israeli-Iranian War: How We Got Here & What It Means
Nicole Grajewski
,
Rachel Brandenburg
, and
Ryan Evans
Iran Absorbs Israel’s Strikes and Hits Back
Joseph Wehmeyer
Israel Strikes Iran
Erin O'Brien
Iran Boosts Uranium Enrichment
Abigail Taylor
U.S.-Iranian Talks Stumble Over Red Lines
Abigail Taylor
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Getting to Critical Mass in the Iran Nuclear Deal
Nicholas Miller
Moving Toward U.S.-Iran Talks?
Abigail Taylor
Living Through Iran’s Attack on Israel
Joseph Wehmeyer
Will Israel Strike Iran?
Christopher Preble
,
Zack Cooper
, and
Melanie Marlowe
Iran Inches Closer to a Nuclear Weapon
Joseph Wehmeyer
Will Israel and the United States Diverge on Iran?
Michael Allen
Is There a Chance for a Nuclear Deal with Iran?
Abigail Taylor
Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Brought Iran and Belarus Closer Together
Jack Roush
How Will the Trump Administration Manage Iran?
Joseph Wehmeyer
Trump Has a Rare and Short Window to Solve the Iran Problem — Here’s How
Richard Nephew
and
Ariane Tabatabai
How Iran Lost Before It Lost: The Roll Back of Its Gray Zone Strategy
Farzin Zandi
Could the Fall of Assad and the Return of Trump Lead to a Better Deal with Iran?
Assaf Zoran
Behind Iran’s Surging Military Budget
Clément Therme
Iran’s Possible Exit from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Abigail Taylor
Will Iran Withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
Jamie Kwong
and
Nicole Grajewski
Israel Strikes Iran
Madeline Field
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Iranian President Raisi’s Renewed Emphasis on Space Is Likely to Create New Tensions
Jim Lamson
Iranian and Saudi Officials Meet in Riyadh
Erin O'Brien
Russia-Iran Summit in Turkmenistan
Erin O'Brien
Iran Strikes Israel
Erin O'Brien
In Brief: How Are Iranian Weapons Affecting the War in Ukraine?
Nicole Grajewski
,
Hamidreza Azizi
,
Nakissa Jahanbani
, and
Jim Lamson
Iranian Parliament Seats Pezeshkian’s Cabinet
Erin O'Brien
The Uncomfortable Reality of Russia and Iran’s Defense Relationship
Erin O'Brien
Tensions Between Israel and Iran Reach a Fever Pitch
Cody Retherford
The Uncomfortable Reality of Russia and Iran’s New Defense Relationship
Hanna Notte
and
Jim Lamson
Reformist Pezeshkian Wins Iranian Presidential Elections
Erin O'Brien
Iranian Elections Head for a Runoff
Erin O'Brien
Patterns of Iranian-Israeli Military Escalation
Erin O'Brien
Playing with Fire: Patterns of Iranian-Israeli Military Confrontation
Erwin van Veen
and
Hamidreza Azizi
Iran’s Election Circus Begins
Erin O'Brien
Iran’s Election Circus Has Just Begun
Saeid Golkar
and
Kasra Aarabi
In Brief: How Close Is Iran to Building A Bomb?
Eric Brewer
,
Toby Dalton
,
Naysan Rafati
, and
Nicole Grajewski
How Iran Benefits from Non-Weaponized Nuclear Deterrence
Erin O'Brien
Iran’s Nuclear Threshold Challenge
Toby Dalton
and
Ariel (Eli) Levite
Iranian President Dies in Helicopter Crash
Erin O'Brien
Israel Strikes Iran
Abigail Taylor
The Axis Off-Kilter: Why an Iran-Russia-China “Axis” Is Shakier than Meets the Eye
Lucas Winter
,
Jemima Baar
, and
Jason Warner
Unprecedented Iranian Strikes on Israel
Erin O'Brien
In Brief: Further Escalation Between Iran and Israel
Alex Vatanka
,
Mona Yacoubian
,
Michael Koplow
,
Naysan Rafati
, and
Hanin Ghaddar
Iranian Embassy in Damascus Hit by Airstrike
Erin O'Brien
Iran and Russia Tighten Relations
Aaron Stein
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Iran’s Precision Strike Capabilities with Jim Lamson
Jim Lamson
In Brief: Escalation with Iran
Afshon Ostovar
,
Negar Mortazavi
, and
Alex Vatanka
U.S. Responds to Iranian-Linked Attack
Aaron Stein
Russia’s Growing Support for Iran and North Korea
Aaron Stein
Pakistan and Iran Trade Strikes
Aaron Stein
Rewind and Reconnoiter: How Iran Helped Houthis Expand Their Reach with Thomas Juneau
Thomas Juneau
How Iran and Its Allies Hope to Save Hamas
Hamidreza Azizi
De-Escalating Tensions Between Iran and the Gulf States
Aaron Stein
America’s Failing Iran Nuclear Policy: Time for a Course Adjustment
Michael Eisenstadt
Rewind & Reconnoiter: Iran’s Axis of Resistance with Hamidreza Azizi and Nancy Ezzeddine
Hamidreza Azizi
and
Nancy Ezzeddine
Iran’s Options for Military Escalation with Israel
Aaron Stein
Iran’s Support for Hamas and the Risk of Multi-Front Escalation
Raz Zimmt
Iran, Israel, and War in the Middle East
Afshon Ostovar
Gulf States Should Push Iran to Get Serious About Lowering Tensions
Alex Vatanka
Iranian Drone Proliferation is Scaling Up and Turning More Lethal
Nakissa Jahanbani
,
Muhammad Najjar
,
Benjamin Johnson
,
Caleb Benjamin
, and
Muhammad al-Ubaydi
Iran Releases American Hostages
Aaron Stein
Iran’s Proxy Fleets-in-Being
Shawn Bunting
Iran, Russia, and the Challenges of “Inter-Pariah Solidarity”
Mathieu Droin
and
Nicole Grajewski
Saudi Arabia and Iran’s Tepid Embrace
Aaron Stein
Iran Fires Long-Range Ballistic Missile
Aaron Stein
Iran and Saudi Arabia Agree to a Roadmap to Restore Ties
Aaron Stein
Iran Enriches Uranium to Weapons Grade
Aaron Stein
The Iran-Iraq War and the Lessons for Ukraine
Ronan P. Mainprize
Iran at War in Ukraine
Aaron Stein
Protests Continue in Iran
Aaron Stein
Don’t Expect Any More Russian Help on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Hanna Notte
Protests in Iran
Aaron Stein
Obstacles Remain to Reviving the Iran Nuclear Deal
Leigh Kaplan
Iran’s Increasingly Decentralized Axis of Resistance
Nancy Ezzeddine
and
Hamidreza Azizi
The Iranian Drone Program
Leigh Kaplan
Can Iran Get Along with the Taliban?
Christian Høj Hansen
and
Halimullah Kousary
Impasse with Iran
Leigh Kaplan
Reading Tea Leaves on Tehran: The Past and Future of Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Michael Singh
Iran Nuclear Talks Approach ‘Endgame’
Shane Mason
New Missiles, New Risks: The Escalatory Implications of Iran’s Precision-Strike Weapons
Jim Lamson
Iranian Nuclear Talks Are Not Going Well
Shane Mason
Iranian President Raisi’s Renewed Emphasis on Space Is Likely to Create New Tensions
Jim Lamson
and
Jeffrey Lewis
Getting to ‘No’ With Iran
Eric Brewer
and
Henry Rome
Iran to Rejoin Nuclear Talks
Shane Mason
Rethinking Iran’s Stance on Nuclear Talks
Shane Mason
What’s Iran’s Nuclear Deal?
Samuel M. Hickey
and
Manuel Reinert
Iran’s Bet on Autonomous Weapons
Evan Omeed Lisman
Iran’s New President, Public Opinion, and the Prospects for Negotiations
Nancy W. Gallagher
How Iran Helped Houthis Expand Their Reach
Thomas Juneau
Iran Watches Afghanistan Burn
Shane Mason
Iranian Drone Strike Kills Two Off Omani Coast
Shane Mason
Iran’s Tricky Balancing Act in Afghanistan
Candace Rondeaux
,
Amir Toumaj
, and
Arif Ammar
Iran Deal Return Increasingly Uncertain
Tre Hester
Does Iran Actually Want to Rejoin the Nuclear Deal?
Eric Brewer
and
Henry Rome
Biden Bombs Iran-Backed Militias
Tre Hester
Iran’s Presidential Election
Tre Hester
Iranian Navy Ship Catches Fire, Sinks in Gulf of Oman
Tre Hester
Biden & the Iran Nuclear Deal
Tre Hester
U.S.-Iran Naval Tensions
Tre Hester
Missiles, Mines, and the Future of U.S.-Iranian Diplomacy
Tre Hester
Reconsidering al-Qaeda-Iranian Cooperation
Bryce Loidolt
The Lessons of the Past Point to Rejoining the Iran Deal
Nicholas L. Miller
How to Deal With the Nuclear Skeletons in Iran’s Closet
Eric Brewer
Iranian Nuclear Scientist Assassinated
Tre Hester
Iran’s Stakes in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Tre Hester
The Still-Growing Threat of Iran’s Chosen Proxy in Iraq
Hamdi Malik
A New Look at Iran’s Complicated Relationship with the Taliban
Barnett Rubin
Selling the Revolution to Iran’s Next Generation
Suzanne Maloney
The Prospects of a China-Iran Axis
Amos Yadlin
and
Ari Heistein
Has Trump Driven China and Iran Together?
Philip H. Gordon
How Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Gambit Could Imperil the Strait of Hormuz
Elisa Catalano Ewers
and
Ariane Tabatabai
Explosion at Natanz Nuclear Facility in Iran
Tre Hester
Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish: The Iranian Coup of 1953
Gregory Brew
Iran’s Latest Misadventure Destabilizes the Caucasus
Steve Blank
Iranian Missile Mishaps and Military Readiness
Tre Hester
Strategic Fail: Partnering with Turkey to Counter Iran Would Misread the Region
Blaise Misztal
Trump’s Latest Iran Gambit is a Risky Contradiction
Philip H. Gordon
Did America Learn the Wrong Lessons from Its Clash with Iran?
Eric Brewer
and
Henry Rome
Iran, Its Partners, and the Balance of Effective Force
John Raine
On Iran, Europe Plays A Weak Hand to Advantage
Ferial Ara Saeed
A Guide to Getting Real on Iran
Aaron Stein
On the Current Confrontation with Iran
Robert Jervis
U.S. Airstrikes Kill Senior Iranian Official in Retaliation for Proxy Attacks
Tre Hester
Understanding Iran’s Nuclear Escalation Strategy
Eric Brewer
and
Ariane Tabatabai
Protests Might Be the Harbinger of a Greater Crisis for Iran
Afshon Ostovar
and
Henry Rome
Iran Rattled by Protests, Nuclear Sanctions, and Cable Leaks
Tre Hester
Can Pakistan Mediate Between Iran and the United States?
Adam Weinstein
Checking Iranian Power in Iraq
Omar Al-Nidawi
Under the Radar, Iran’s Cruise Missile Capabilities Advance
Shahryar Pasandideh
Compete with Iran Without Trying to Destroy it
Aaron Stein
IAEA Confirmed Uranium Traces in Undisclosed Iranian Facility: Explanations
Bobby Valentine
Maximum Pressure Is Failing: Fact-Checking Pompeo on Iran
Nicholas Miller
Iran Seizes Third Tanker in the Gulf: UK Joins US in Maritime Security Mission
Bobby Valentine
UAE and Iran hold Rare Talks in Tehran on Maritime Security
Bobby Valentine
Whether it Likes It or Not, Europe is Being Pushed and Pulled into America’s Iran Policy
Michael Stephens
Iran Update: Agreement Breached, Oil Tanker Seized, Security Leadership Shuffled
Bobby Valentine
Knuckling Down Under Maximum Pressure: Iran’s Basij in Transition
Saeid Golkar
Net Assessment: Deciphering the Trump Administration’s Iran Policy
Melanie Marlowe
,
Bryan McGrath
, and
Christopher Preble
U.S. Retaliatory Cyber Attack and New Sanctions on Iran: What Is the Strategy?
Bobby Valentine
Iran Shoots Down U.S. Surveillance Drone
Bobby Valentine
U.S. Deploying More Troops to the Gulf Region In Response to Iranian Behavior: What’s Next?
Bobby Valentine
IAEA: Iran Has Increased Uranium Enrichment
Bobby Valentine
The Reaganesque Approach to Iran? Embrace the Moderates
Marik von Rennenkampff
What do U.S.-Iranian Tensions Mean for Israel?
Amos Yadlin
and
Ari Heistein
Pentagon Deploying More Troops and Military Assets to Deter Iranian Threats
Bobby Valentine
An Open Letter to President Donald Trump on U.S. Tensions with Iran
WOTR Staff
Maximum Pressure on Iran: U.S. Orders Embassy Personnel Out of Iraq
Bobby Valentine
Iran to Partially Withdraw From JCPOA: U.S. Adds New Sanctions
Bobby Valentine
US Deploys Carrier Strike Group Amidst Possible Iranian Threat
Bobby Valentine
Waivers for Civil Nuclear Cooperation with Iran are a No-Brainer
Jarrett Blanc
The Syrians Don’t and Won’t Toe the Iranian Line: Explaining a Most Curious Alliance
Kamal Alam
The Trump Administration’s Iran Policy is a Mess
Aaron Stein
Trump Designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Organization
Bobby Valentine
More Iranian Sanctions for What Purpose?
Mark Fitzpatrick
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Killed in Suicide Attack: Iran Responds
Bobby Valentine
Former US Intel Officer Indicted for Iranian Espionage
Bobby Valentine
Iran Deploys Navy to Western Atlantic: Part II
Bobby Valentine
Iran Deploys Navy to Western Atlantic: Part I
Bobby Valentine
Mission Unaccomplished: The Tweet that Upended Trump’s Counterterrorism and Iran Policies
Matthew Levitt
and
Aaron Y. Zelin
U.S. Reinstates Sanctions on Iran: Many Implications
Bobby Valentine
Surviving the U.S. Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal: What We Do—and Don’t—Need to Worry About
Eric Brewer
Iraq Faces U.S. Sanctions for Importing Iranian Gas
Bobby Valentine
Iran Retaliates Against ISIS for Parade Attack
Bobby Valentine
Trump Continues His Two-Front War on Iran With Planned U.N. Address
Barbara Slavin
How America’s Myopic Focus on Iran Hinders Its Russia Policy
Aaron Stein
Iran’s Summer of Discontent: A Warning for Washington
Michael P. Dempsey
Trump’s Dumb Decision to Withdraw from the Deal Gave Iran the Advantage
Aaron Stein
Bibi’s Iran Pitch
Jason Fritz
Death of a General: What Shaban Nasiri Reveals About Iran’s Secretive Qods Force
Amir Toumaj
No, Iran Does Not Have an ICBM Program
Michael Elleman
and
Mark Fitzpatrick
Mission Accomplished? What’s Next for Iran’s Afghan Fighters in Syria
Ahmad Shuja Jamal
Speaking Loudly and Carrying a Little Stick: The Myopic U.S. Debate about Iran
Aaron Stein
Reacting to Demonstrations in Iran
Jason Fritz
The Regional Dimensions of Hariri’s Resignation: Will Iran and Hizballah Compromise?
Hanin Ghaddar
Saudi-Iranian Competition throughout the Middle East
Jason Fritz
Debunking Myths About the Kurds, Iraq, and Iran
Denise Natali
The Section T Canard: The Drive for Decertification and ‘Bomb Iran’ Redux
Aaron Stein
What’s Really Behind Tom Cotton’s Opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal
Nicholas L. Miller
How Iran is Coping with Trump
Ryan Evans
Angling for Advantage: Iran’s Differential Approach to Southern Asia
Hussein Banai
Iran’s Growing Casualty Count in Yemen
Joshua Koontz
Iran’s Presidential Election: What to Expect (and Not)
Justen Fox
Iran is Holding Presidential Elections: Here are Four Things to Know
Thomas Juneau
Mini-Hizballahs, Revolutionary Guard Knock-Offs, and the Future of Iran’s Militant Proxies in Iraq
Michael Eisenstadt
and
Michael Knights
Missing the Point on Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
Behnam Ben Taleblu
A New Approach to Iran: Huddle, Block, and Tackle
Avner Golov
A Guide to Putting Iran on Notice
Melissa Dalton
,
Joe Federici
, and
Hijab Shah
Spiritual Ardor and Military Might: The Story of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Get Real on Iran’s Missile Program
Bharath Gopalaswamy
and
Amir Handjani
Kill the Iran Deal or Accommodate Russia? Trump Will Have to Choose
Ilan Goldenberg
Post-Sistani Iraq, Iran, and the Future of Shia Islam
Hayder al-Khoei
Iran and the Imperative of Sustained Engagement
Brad Stapleton
Will Pakistan Draw Closer to Saudi Arabia to balance Iran?
Sameer Lalwani
Iran, Terrorism, and Nonproliferation After the Nuclear Deal
Radha Iyengar
and
Rebecca Friedman Lissner
Lessons on American Strength from Iran and the Sailors
Ryan Evans
Navigating the Post-Iran Deal Waters in the Gulf
Melissa Dalton
Iran Gave Back the Sailors, but the Persian Gulf is Still a Powder Keg
Afshon Ostovar
Five Reasons Why the Iran Nuclear Deal is Still a Really Bad Idea
David Jonas
This Deal or War? Misadventures in Deterring Iran
Michael Singh
Good, Bad, and Ugly Options for Congress After the Iran Agreement
Ilan Goldenberg
and
Nicholas A. Heras
U.S.–Iranian Relations after the Nuclear Deal: From Détente to Rapprochement?
Farzan Sabet
How the Iran Deal Could Complicate U.S. Efforts to Prevent a Nuclear Breakout
Michael Eisenstadt
Is Turkey’s War on Terror a Consequence of the Iran Deal?
Joshua Walker
and
Gabriel Mitchell
How the AP Got the Iran Inspections Story Wrong
Cheryl Rofer
To Stem the Tide: Nuclear History, American Interests, and the Iran Deal
Francis J. Gavin
History’s Real Lessons on the Iran Deal
Charles Stevenson
Why Afghanistan is a Big Winner in the U.S.–Iran Deal
Michael Kugelman
Lassitude in the Legislature on Iran
Thomas Donnelly
North Korea Is Not Iran
Christopher Lee
On Iran, Listen to the Rolling Stones
Kingston Reif
On Iran, Listen to the Rolling Stones
Kingston Reif
Iran Deal or No Deal
William Courtney
and
Alireza Nader
The Case for Dumping the Iran Deal
Thomas C. Moore
Down and Dirty on the Iranian Nuclear Deal
Aaron Stein
Javad’s Saga: Epic Poetry and the Iranian Nuclear Deal
Thomas Donnelly
Iran is Cutting its Losses with a Nuclear Deal
Thomas Juneau
Celebrating American Independence Abroad: Adventures in Iran, Poland, and Israel
Michael J. Metrinko
VP’s National Security Adviser on the Iran Deal: Colin Kahl Gives an Insider’s View
WOTR Staff
International Law vs the Iranian Nuclear Negotiations: Setting a Dangerous Precedent
David Jonas
Googling Iran: The Sources of Mistrust
Richard Klass
Remaining Hurdles to a Nuclear Agreement with Iran
Ilan Goldenberg
The Iranian Nuclear Program and its Bureaucrat-in-Chief
Aaron Stein
The Key to a Nuclear Agreement with Iran? The Window of Vulnerability
Ilan Goldenberg
Iran’s Ballistic Missiles: Threading the Needle
John Allen Gay
Don’t Forget Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
Behnam Ben Taleblu
A Widening Gulf: Impediments to Saudi Rapprochement with Iran
Behnam Ben Taleblu
and
David Weinberg
1979 Revisited: Judging the Iranian Revolution
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Iran Negotiations Cannot Be Based on “Breakout” Alone
Laicie Heeley
and
Robert G. Gard
Reagan on Iran Air 655
President Ronald Reagan
Military intervention, Iranian-style
Farzan Sabet
Saudi-Qatari Convergence and Divergence on Iran and Syria
Thomas Lynch
How Does Iran View the Syrian Conflict?
Chris Looney
Iran, History, and Strategy by Analogy
Lawrence Freedman
Maybe we CAN count on containing Iran
Al Mauroni
Let Iran Own its Syria Policies
Afshon Ostovar
With Iran Nuclear Deal, US Avoids Dangerous Collision with Timing of Afghan Withdrawal
Myra MacDonald
Iran Deal: 3 Potential Stragic Pin-Actions
Matthew Hipple
Is Iran Serious about a Deal?
Afshon Ostovar
Iranian Counterinsurgency
Ryan Evans
Iran’s Cartel Strategy
Robert Killebrew
On the Basij militia in Iran
Afshon Ostovar
Ukrainian Agriculture as Strategy, Diplomacy, and Legacy
WOTR Staff
Regulatory Friendly Fire: How ITAR Undermines the Alliance It Was Built to Protect
Gregory Kausner
In Talks with Israel, Lebanon is Walking a Thin Line
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Aaron Y. Zelin
How to Get Ahead in Washington: Lessons from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras
Iskander Rehman
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Shifting Strategies in Afghanistan
Thomas Spahr
In Brief: Biden’s Last Chance at Foreign Policy Moves
Robert Manning
,
Yun Sun
,
Jeremy Shapiro
, and
Zaha Hassan
How to Fix a Broken Defense Department to Beat China and Russia
Steve Blank
More NATO in the Arctic Could Free the United States Up to Focus on China
Ryan R. Duffy
,
Jahara Matisek
,
Jeremy M. McKenzie
, and
Chad Pillai
American Defense Planning in the Shadow of Protracted War
Evan Braden Montgomery
and
Julian Ouellet
The Adversarial: Maximum Pressure
WOTR Staff
In Brief: North Korea’s Critical Allies
Jenny Town
,
Thomas Shugart
, and
Maria Snegovaya
Mastering Human-Machine Warfighting Teams
James Ryseff
Escaping Russia’s Backyard: Armenia’s Strategic Defense Shift
Leonid Nersisyan
and
Sergei Melkonian
The Adversarial: Testing the Limits
WOTR Staff
Conventional Arms Control and Ending the Russo-Ukrainian War
William Lippert
Power Broker — How Erdoğan Balances Serbs and Albanians
Vuk Vuksanovic
American Renewal?
Christopher Preble
,
Zack Cooper
, and
Melanie Marlowe
Russian Roulette on the Red Sea
Ari Heistein
and
Daniel Rakov
In Brief: How Will U.S. Support for Israel Impact Readiness?
Carlton Haelig
,
Kimberly Jackson
, and
Michael Linick
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Do We Need a Hero? Building Heritage and Culture in the U.S. Space Force
Nicholas Mahanic
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Israel’s Oct. 7 Early Warning Failure: Who Is to Blame?
Ehud Eiran
,
Ofer Guterman
, and
David Simantov
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Will Xi Jinping Tighten His Grip on Power in 2019?
Kerry Brown
What Would Be Japan’s Role in a New Korean War?
Ju Hyung Kim
In Brief: The Conflict Between Israel and Hizballah
Faysal Itani
,
Michael Koplow
,
Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud
,
Oren Barak
, and
Hanin Ghaddar
Reflections on Software Lock-In at the Defense Department
Shyam Sankar
and
Bryon Kroger
Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Ordinary and Unique in Russia’s Electoral Information Warfare Game with Michael Poznansky
Michael Poznansky
Be Kennedy, Not Kissinger: What Cold War Competition in Guinea and Angola Can Teach Us About U.S. Influence in Western Africa
Nathan Heath
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Rewind and Reconnoiter: China’s Palace Diplomacy in Africa with Joshua Meservey
Joshua Meservey
Paint the B-52s Brightly: Reducing Confusion Between Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Is Essential
Christine Parthemore
and
Catherine Dill
Secure Visas for Afghan National Army Special Operations Command
Sean M. Kingsland
and
Erin K. McFee
Mid-Afternoon Map: Nostalgia for the Near East
Nick Danforth
The War on Terror Was Not a Morality Tale
Joseph Stieb
In Brief: The Real Impact of Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea
Allison Minor
,
Thomas Juneau
,
Steven Simon
, and
Kevin McCranie
How the Space Force Can Better Tell Its Story
Hannah Dennis
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Is Everything a Matter of National Security?
Christopher Preble
,
Zack Cooper
, and
Melanie Marlowe
What is an Italian Carrier Strike Group Doing in the Indo-Pacific?
Alessio Patalano
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Mid-Afternoon Map: Playing 3D Backgammon with Putin
Nick Danforth
Without Talent Agility, America May Lose
Jim Perkins
and
Mike McGinley
Beyond Fusion: Preparing for Systems Rivalry with China
Liza Tobin
,
Addis Goldman
, and
Katherine Kurata
Three Visions for NATO Air and Missile Defense
Shaan Shaikh
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Rewind and Reconnoiter: What the History of Modern Conquest Tells Us About China and India’s Border Crisis with Dan Altman
Dan Altman
Preparing for the Possibility of a Draft Without Panic
Taren Sylvester
and
Katherine Kuzminski
Mid-Afternoon Map: In Search of the Civilizational State
Nick Danforth
Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Puzzle of Russian Behavior in Deir al-Zour with Kimberly Marten
Kimberly Marten
In Brief: What Happens Next in Gaza?
Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud
,
Oren Barak
,
Yousef Munayyer
,
Michael Koplow
, and
Bushra Khalidi
The Calm Before the Swarm: Drone Warfare at Sea in the Age of the Missile
Joshua Tallis
The Islamic State Keeps Finding Opportunities
Jeremy Hodge
Turbulence Ahead: The Maintenance Workforce Dilemma Threatening the Future of Airpower
Joshua Morales
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
When Nothing Seems to Work: Houthi Edition
Steven Simon
Mid-Afternoon Map: Crownfall
Nick Danforth
America’s Adversaries React to the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump
WOTR Staff
A Globally Integrated Islamic State
Aaron Y. Zelin
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Evolving Geography of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base with Doug Berenson
Doug Berenson
In Brief: The Threat of War Between Israel and Hizballah
Faysal Itani
,
Michael Koplow
,
Hanin Ghaddar
, and
Oren Barak
NATO Should Think Big About the Indo-Pacific
Luis Simón
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Iraq and America at Sudani’s Midpoint
Douglas A. Ollivant
No Quick Solutions: A Different Approach to Hypersonic Arms Control
Frank Kuhn
Quality Has a Quality All Its Own: The Virtual Attrition Value of Superior-Performance Weapons
Evan Braden Montgomery
,
Travis Sharp
, and
Tyler Hacker
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Mare Nostrum Revisited: Maritime Competition in the Mediterranean
Jeremy Stöhs
and
Sebastian Bruns
On the Record with Saddam
Michael P. Brill
Denial Is the Worst Except for All the Others: Getting the U.S. Theory of Victory Right for a War with China
Jacob Heim
,
Zachary Burdette
, and
Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga
Coming to Terms with the Loss of Turkey
Nick Danforth
and
Aaron Stein
Unraveling China’s Plans for the Middle East
Christopher Preble
,
Zack Cooper
, and
Melanie Marlowe
Russia’s Mercenary-Industrial Complex in Africa
Christopher Faulkner
and
Raphael Parens
A Chinese Economic Blockade of Taiwan Would Fail or Launch a War
Dmitri Alperovitch
Power and Tension: The Cyber Security Problems of Military Electrification
Kristen Csenkey
and
Alexis Rapin
Why Washington Failed in Niger
Nathaniel Powell
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
On China: To Win or Not To Win
Christopher Preble
,
Zack Cooper
, and
Melanie Marlowe
India’s Engagement with the Middle East Reflects New Delhi’s Changing Worldview
Chietigj Bajpaee
What Exactly Are We Doing?
Francis J. Gavin
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Crowning Achievement? Kaan and the Turkish Defense Industry
Rebecca Lucas
and
Stuart Dee
German Atomwaffen and the Superweapon Trap
Gustav Meibauer
and
Christopher David LaRoche
The Drone Dilemma and the U.S. Air Force
Clifford Lucas
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
The Case for Averting War Between Israel and Hizballah
Oren Barak
Forging the Force: A Joint Task Force in the Indo-Pacific
Zach Ota
Crossing the Threshold
Eric Brewer
,
Gavin Clough
,
Dana Stroul
, and
Nick Danforth
Rewind and Reconnoiter: “Recalculating Route”: A Realistic Risk Assessment for GPS with Brandon Davenport and Rich Ganske
Brandon Davenport
and
Rich Ganske
Solving the Houthi Threat to Freedom of Navigation
Allison Minor
Anti-Piracy Lessons from the Seychelles
Christian Bueger
,
Ryan Adeline
, and
Brendon J. Cannon
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
China Is Battening Down for the Gathering Storm over Taiwan
Mike Studeman
The Rising Ransomware Tide, Chinese Spy Cranes, and the Biden Executive Order on Maritime Cyber Security
Nina Kollars
,
Blake Benson
, and
Austin Reid
The Bipartisan Consensus in Favor of Israel Is Broken, But When Will It Change U.S. Policy?
Kerry Boyd Anderson
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
In Brief: The Terrorist Attack in Moscow
Sara Harmouch
,
Vera Miranova
, and
Dmitry Gorenburg
Dereliction of Duty: Israeli Blunders on the Way to Oct. 7
Boaz Atzili
Aim High? Fixing the Air Force Commander Selection Process
Maria Patterson
and
Bradley Podliska
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Niger and the Risk Versus Reward of Remote Operations with Brian Petit
Brian Petit
America Needs a Dead Hand More than Ever
Adam Lowther
and
Curtis McGiffin
The 2024 Annual Threat Assessment
Christopher Preble
,
Zack Cooper
, and
Melanie Marlowe
Organizing to Deter or Prevail in Space Warfare
Marc Berkowitz
The Icarus Trap: Arrogance, Misperception, and the U.S. Invasion of Iraq
Joseph Stieb
The Adversarial
WOTR Staff
Revisiting the Tanker War
Stephen Phillips
Congress Needs to Do More Than Just Exercise Its War Powers
Elizabeth Beavers
The Adversarial: March 7
WOTR Staff
U.S. Troops in Syria Are Critical For Multiple Missions: Keep Them On
James F. Jeffrey
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Why a Gaza Ceasefire is So Difficult with Jacob Stoil
Jacob Stoil
Drones, the Air Littoral, and the Looming Irrelevance of the U.S. Air Force
David Barno
and
Nora Bensahel
Containing Global Russia
Michael Kimmage
and
Hanna Notte
How to Respond to China’s Global Security Initiative
John S. Van Oudenaren
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Bring European Finance Ministries Kicking and Screaming Into Geopolitics with Henrik Ø. Breitenbauch
Henrik Ø. Breitenbauch
The Adversarial: February 22
WOTR Staff
Red Sea Shocks and the New More Stable Normal
Gregory Brew
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Helping India Replace Russia in the Value Arms Market
Vasabjit Banerjee
and
Benjamin Tkach
How Was Israel Caught Off-Guard?
Ariel (Eli) Levite
How Many Sentinel Missiles Does the United States Need?
Al Mauroni
Worrywurst at the Munich Security Conference
Richard Fontaine
Leave Syria, Keep Fighting the Islamic State
Thanassis Cambanis
Understanding the Deterrence Gap in the Taiwan Strait
Jared M. McKinney
and
Peter Harris
The Adversarial: February 8
WOTR Staff
Uncrewed Systems and the Transformation of U.S. Warfighting Capacity
Mick Ryan
and
Clint Hinote
Special Operations Force Structure: Strategic Calculus or Organizational Power?
Cole Livieratos
and
Ken Gleiman
Europe’s Marines in the Future European Littoral Operating Environment
Sidharth Kaushal
Trends in Maritime Challenges Indicate Force Design 2030 Is the Proper Path
C. Travis Reese
,
Ian Brown
,
Zach Ota
,
Travis Hord
,
Leo Spaeder
, and
Brian Strom
The Adversarial: January 26
WOTR Staff
Hold, Build, and Strike: A Vision for Rebuilding Ukraine’s Advantage in 2024
Michael Kofman
,
Rob Lee
, and
Dara Massicot
Empty Promises? A Year Inside the World of Multi-Domain Operations
Davis Ellison
and
Tim Sweijs
Can Historical Cases of Negotiated Settlements Inform the Debate on Post-Conflict Gaza?
Colin Clarke
In Brief: The Conflict Between Israel and Hizballah
Faysal Itani
,
Hanin Ghaddar
,
Hamidreza Azizi
, and
Raphael S. Cohen
Getting “Left-of-Launch” in the Counter-Drone Fight
Paul Lushenko
and
Caitlin Lee
Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Stability
Michael Depp
and
Paul Scharre
Readiness Redefined, But Not Measured
Matthew Ross
Networking to Win: Mission Prioritization for Wartime Command and Control
Thane C. Clare
The Adversarial: Jan. 11
WOTR Staff
Rewind and Reconnoiter: China’s Response to the War in Gaza with Mike Singh
Michael Singh
Expelling Palestinians From Gaza Is Playing With Fire
Karim Haggag
and
Omar Auf
In Brief: What to Expect from the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2024
Dara Massicot
,
Dmitry Gorenburg
, and
Max Bergmann
Remaking Mistakes in Gaza
Frank Sobchak
A Better Cyber Service
Michael Kreuzer
Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Surface Vessels
Mike Knickerbocker
Most Read War On The Rocks Articles of 2023
WOTR Staff
Reversing America’s Ruinous Support for Israel’s Assault on Gaza
Ryan Evans
The Adversarial: December 21
WOTR Staff
After a Ceasefire, Would Russia Simply Fight Again?
Stephen Crowley
Strategic Outpost Brings You Santa’s 2023 National Security Gift List
David Barno
and
Nora Bensahel
Rosalynn Carter: The First Lady and Foreign Policy
Scott Kaufman
The Strategic Posture Commission’s Amazing Trip Back to the Future
Al Mauroni
The Adversarial: December 7
WOTR Staff
Learning from Real Wars: Gaza and Ukraine
David Barno
and
Nora Bensahel
Cancelling the New Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile Is the Right Move
David Kearn
The Future of Algorithmic Warfare Part IV: Promise Fulfilled
Scott Cuomo
,
Benjamin Jensen
, and
Christopher Whyte
Air Samurai: Is Naval Aviation Overtraining Pilots in the Age of Automation?
Walker D. Mills
and
Trevor Phillips-Levine
However Difficult, The United States Should Still Pursue Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Galen Jackson
and
Andrew Leber
Outsourcing Surveillance: A Cost-Effective Strategy to Maintain Maritime Supremacy
Josh Portzer
and
Aaron Stein
The True Military Assistance Tradeoff Is Between Israel and Taiwan
Jennifer Kavanagh
and
Jordan Cohen
U.S. Special Operations and the Shadowy Promise of Irregular Campaigns
Brian Petit
The Adversarial: November 9
WOTR Staff
China’s Gray-Zone Tactics Show the U.S.-Philippine Alliance Is Working
Derek Grossman
Inflection Point: How to Reverse the Erosion of U.S. and Allied Military Power and Influence
David Ochmanek
and
Andrew Hoehn
Al-Aqsa Storm Heralds the Rise of Non-state Special Operations
Leo Blanken
,
Ian Rice
, and
Craig Whiteside
Turkey’s Response to the War in Gaza
Sinem Adar
Israel’s Strategic Challenge
Blaise Misztal
The Adversarial: October 27
WOTR Staff
Urban Warfare, Sieges, and Israel’s Looming Invasion of Gaza
Amos Fox
Don’t Rely on U.S. Law to Prevent Escalation in the Middle East
Brian Finucane
and
Michael Wahid Hanna
The Four Questions The U.S. Military Should Be Asking About Operation Swords of Iron
Raphael S. Cohen
and
Gian Gentile
Israel’s 9/11
Adam Klein
,
Stephen Slick
,
Paul Edgar
, and
Simone Ledeen
In Brief: The War in Gaza
Jonathan Lincoln
,
Hanin Ghaddar
, and
Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud
Understanding the Israeli-Arab Conflict: A Guide from War on the Rocks
Erin O'Brien
A Major Pivot in Hamas Strategy
Devorah Margolin
The Adversarial: October 12
WOTR Experts
Rewind & Reconnoiter: Jennifer Spindel on the U.S.-Saudi-Israeli Deal
Jennifer Spindel
How to Avoid a Second Front Between Israel and Hizballah
Nadav Pollak
Israel’s 9/11? How Hamas Terrorist Attacks Will Change the Middle East
Bruce Hoffman
and
Jacob Ware
The Meaning of the Attack on Israel
Bruce Hoffman
and
Ryan Evans
In Brief: The U.S.-Saudi-Israeli Deal
Alexandra Stark
,
Lina Khatib
, and
Khaled Elgindy
A Tale of Two Systems: The Search for Relevant Military Health Care
Philip Flatau
Testing the Trajectory of Turkish Militarism
Ryan Gingeras
In Brief: The Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
Richard Giragosian
,
Alex Vatanka
, and
Pinar Sayan
Welcome to Cyber Realism: Parsing the 2023 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy
Emerson T. Brooking
and
Erica Lonergan
Proliferate, Don’t Obliterate: How Responsive Launch Marginalizes Anti-Satellite Capabilities
Ritwik Gupta
and
Andrew W. Reddie
Scaling the Future: How Replicator Aims to Fast-Track U.S. Defense Capabilities
Lauren Kahn
Balancing Space Superiority and Space Services to Better Sustain the Joint Force
Dennis Rice
Two Cheers for the Cold War Liberals
Joseph Stieb
North Korea’s Coming Breakout
Jonathan Corrado
U.S. Diplomacy After the Russo-Ukrainian War
Chester A. Crocker
,
Ryan Conner
, and
Kelly McFarland
In Brief: BRICS Expands
Zack Cooper
,
Tanvi Madan
, and
Anya Prusa
It’s Not About Where U.S. Space Command Goes But Whether It Should Exist At All
Mackenzie Eaglen
and
Todd Harrison
To Promote Defense Innovation, Fund the Defense Innovation Unit
Ben McNally
Logistics Interdiction for Taiwan Unification Campaigns
Jacob Maywald
,
Benjamin Hazen
,
Edward Salo
, and
Michael Hugos
Italy’s New Look
Leonardo Palma
You Go to War With the Industrial Base You Have, Not the Industrial Base You Want
John Barrett
Many Arms and Little Influence in the Middle East
Jordan Cohen
and
Jon Hoffman
Facing Down an Arsenal: Considering Agile Combat Employment in Korea
Zach Hughes
Delivering the Army of 2030
Gen. James Rainey
and
Lt. Gen. Laura Potter
Lessons Learned or Lessons Observed: The U.S. Navy’s Relationship with Mine Warfare
Tom Wester
and
Joe Mancini
Strategic Outpost Goes to the Movies
David Barno
and
Nora Bensahel
NATO’s Prodigal Son Is Not Returning
Selim Koru
Europe’s Missile Conundrum
Fabian Hoffmann
When Failed Coups Strengthen Leaders
Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
Mid-Afternoon Map: War on the Rocks’ Tenth Anniversary Edition
Nick Danforth
Test and Train to the Threat, or Die
Matthew J. Bradley
and
Daniel J. Lehoski
Building a Better Ceasefire for Gaza
Jonathan Lincoln
Why America Has a Launch on Attack Option
Adam Lowther
and
Derek Williams
It’s Time to Bring Back Conventional Deterrence Patrols
David Zikusoka
The 2023 War On The Rocks Summer Fiction Reading List
WOTR Staff
Jihadi Blowback: The Wagner Group’s Hidden Downside
Raphael Parens
In Brief: The Captagon Trade
WOTR Staff
Don’t Abandon Burkina Faso
Michael Shurkin
Moral Injury, Afghanistan, and the Path Toward Recovery
Katherine Selber
and
Will Selber
Why Norms Matter More than Ever for Space Deterrence and Defense
Robin Dickey
A Sanctuary No Longer? Examining the Defense Department’s Prioritization of the Homeland
Brennan Deveraux
Prove It Before You Use It: Nuclear Retaliation Under Uncertainty
Johnathan Falcone
,
Jonathan Rodriguez Cefalu
,
Michael Kneeshaw
, and
Maarten Bos
A Defense Pact Will Not Upgrade U.S.-Saudi Security Relations
Bilal Y. Saab
The Art of Supply Chain Interdiction: To Win Without Fighting
Trevor Phillips-Levine
A Pirouette, Not A Pivot
Aaron Stein
A Note of Caution: How Sanctions Can Undermine U.S. Interests
Delaney Simon
The Opponents of Marine Reform Have Lost, But Won’t Move On
Robert Work
Negotiating Saudi Arabia’s Defeat and the Houthi Victory in Yemen
Thomas Juneau
U.S. Military Observers And Why They Are Needed In Ukraine
Zachary Griffiths
Are We Asking Too Much of Cyber?
Erica Lonergan
and
Michael Poznansky
U.S. Security Cooperation Deserves a Fair Evaluation
Bilal Y. Saab
In Brief: What’s Happening in the Middle East?
WOTR Staff
Money Isn’t Enough: Getting Serious About Precision Munitions
Tyler Hacker
Mid-Afternoon Map: Three Maps That Explain The Map
Nick Danforth
Sustaining Distributed Forces in a Conflict with China
John Sattely
and
Jesse Johnson
Bind Ukraine Closer to American Military Learning
Ryan Evans
Europe at a Strategic Disadvantage: A Fragmented Defense Industry
Paula Alvarez-Couceiro Fernandez
Prime Time for Software: Reimagining the Future of Defense Acquisition
Christine H. Fox
and
Akash Jain
Iraq: Twenty Years on, Two Narratives Emerge
Gregory A. Daddis
Be Skeptical of Reagan’s “October Surprise”
William Inboden
and
Joseph Ledford
Mind the Middle Powers
Tim Sweijs
and
Michael J. Mazarr
In Defense of Denial: Why Deterring China Requires New Airpower Thinking
Maximilian K. Bremer
and
Kelly A. Grieco
The Iraq War’s Intelligence Failures Are Still Misunderstood
Samuel Helfont
Thinking Big with Small Drones: An Allied Approach to Swarming
Tyler Jackson
Munitions Return to a Place of Prominence in National Security
Vasabjit Banerjee
and
Benjamin Tkach
Miscalibration of Trust in Human Machine Teaming
John Christianson
,
Di Cooke
, and
Courtney Stiles Herdt
Breaking the Cycle of Incremental Acquisition Reform
Eric Chase
Winning the Air Battle for Taiwan: Lessons from Ukraine’s Drone Operations
Caitlin Lee
U.S.-Russian Relations Can Still Get Worse
Hanna Notte
Of Strategy and Schnitzel: Munich Security Conference 2023
Richard Fontaine
Amateur Hour Part III: It’s Still Not About the Airplane
Mike Pietrucha
One Year of War in Ukraine
Christopher Preble
,
Zack Cooper
, and
Melanie Marlowe
What Yemen Needs Now
Kate Kizer
and
Scott Paul
What Happens if the Balloon Goes Up With China?
Hal Brands
and
William Inboden
The Somme in the Sky: Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian Air War
Michael Stefanovic
,
Robert “Chuck” Norris
,
Christophe Piubeni
, and
Dave Blair
Mission-Focused Cultures are Learning Cultures
Mitch Fossum
and
Jonathan Dippold
America’s Hidden Tool is Hobbling Russia’s War Machine with Multilateral Impact
Deputy Secretary Don Graves
Recalibrating Special Operations Risk Tolerance for the Future Fight
Spencer Reed
Into the Pickle Barrel: How Thinking About Precision as a System Can Expand the Munition Stockpile
Trevor Phillips-Levine
,
Andrew Tenbusch
,
Walker D. Mills
,
Dylan “Joose” Phillips-Levine
, and
Collin Fox
Ukraine’s Consequences Are Finally Spreading to Syria
Mona Yacoubian
How to Win Friends and Choke China’s Chip Supply
Emily Kilcrease
Ukraine and the New Two War Construct
Raphael S. Cohen
American Defense Priorities After Ukraine
Frank Hoffman
Turkey’s Russian Red Light in Syria
Sam Heller
How to Get Ahead in Washington: Lessons from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, Part 1
Iskander Rehman
Turkey’s Zero Sum Foreign Policy
Aaron Stein
How Doctrine and Delineation Can Help Defeat Drones
Nicholas Paul Pacheco
Disentangling The Digital Battlefield: How the Internet Has Changed War
Steven Feldstein
The 2022 War On The Rocks Holiday Reading List
WOTR Staff
Fighting and Winning in the Electromagnetic Spectrum
John Christianson
The Kadena Conundrum: Developing a Resilient Indo-Pacific Posture
Stacie L. Pettyjohn
,
Andrew Metrick
, and
Becca Wasser
Invisible Blockades and Strategic Coercion
Scott Savitz
and
Scott C. Truver
Ukraine and the Future of Offensive Maneuver
Stephen Biddle
The Bias For Capability Over Capacity Has Created a Brittle Force
Mackenzie Eaglen
Ukraine Needs Air Defense Assistance to Protect Hard-Won Victories on the Ground
Justin Bronk
The F-16 and Nuclear Security: The Fault Lines in the U.S.-Pakistani Relationship
Sajjan M. Gohel
and
Marcus Andreopoulos
Why Wait to Promote Potential? Because It Will Make the Air Force Better
Reagan Mullin
The Gap Has Been Bridged!
Francis J. Gavin
Why Dictators are Afraid of Girls: Rethinking Gender and National Security
Kathleen J. McInnis
,
Benjamin Jensen
, and
Jaron Wharton
The Case for Getting Rid of the National Security Strategy
Justin Logan
and
Benjamin H. Friedman
Preventing Wars is as Important as Winning Them: Lessons From Past Naval Strategies
BJ Armstrong
Train Like You Fight: Updating America’s Adversary Fleet
Ryan Fishel
Fixing Defense Innovation: Rewriting Acquisition and Security Regulations
Jules Hurst
How to Make the Most of the Israeli-Lebanese Maritime Deal
Hanin Ghaddar
Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Investing in the Future
David Alman
The Next Mediterranean Front Line
Thibault Muzergues
As Russia Reels, Eurasia Roils
Jeffrey Mankoff
The Question of Succession in Al-Qaeda
Sara Harmouch
Military Lessons from the War in Ukraine
Melanie Marlowe
,
Christopher Preble
, and
Zack Cooper
In Search of an Air Force Meritocracy
Kevin Rossillon
Airpower and Interdiction: Overcoming Defender Advantages
John D. Maurer
Getting Serious about the Threat of High Altitude Nuclear Detonations
Robert "Tony" Vincent
Walking the Talk in International Engagement and Security Cooperation
E. John Teichert
What Does the Weaponization of Global Finance Mean for U.S. Dollar Dominance?
Elliot Hentov
,
Ramu Thiagarajan
, and
Aaron Hurd
How to Make Yemen’s Truce Last
Alexandra Stark
Hedging with Humility: Reassessing China’s Power Projection Capabilities Against Taiwan
Trevor Phillips-Levine
,
Kyle Cregge
, and
Collin Fox
France, Egypt, and India Can Help to Spread Security from Mediterranean to the Indo-Pacific
Mohammed Soliman
,
Pierre Morcos
, and
C. Raja Mohan
The Accelerating Threat of the Political Assassination
Bruce Hoffman
and
Jacob Ware
A K-Arsenal of Democracy? South Korea and U.S. Allied Defense Procurement
Peter K. Lee
and
Tom Corben
Necro-Aeronautics: Raising Undead Aircraft for War
Zachary Kallenborn
Prescribing a New Paradigm for Cyber Competition
George Perkovich
Shinzo Abe’s Legacy in Japan and on the World Stage
Sheila Smith
,
Mireya Solis
, and
Ryan Evans
Reviving the Petroleum Administration for War: A Case for Government-Industry Partnership
Ryan P. Kellogg
and
David Brunnert
Dereliction of Duty: The Abandonment of the Defense Sector in Colombia and How to Fix It
Alfonso Camacho-Martinez
At the Seam of Three Regions: The Case for More Basing and Access in Greece and Cyprus
Aaron Stein
Barzani Goes to Baghdad: Trouble in the Kurdish Oil and Gas Sector
Douglas A. Ollivant
Weak States and Loose Arms: Lessons and Warnings, from Afghanistan to Ukraine
Kerry Chávez
and
Ori Swed
Is Being Wrong So Bad?
Francis J. Gavin
The Strike Fighter Time Management Problem
Stephen Walsh
Getting Drones Ready for Conventional War
Joe Ritter
A Post-Sadr Iraq?
Douglas A. Ollivant
In Denial About Denial: Why Ukraine’s Air Success Should Worry the West
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