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Retired academic. Radical feminist. Physicist. Anti-fascist.
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Bunker-buster bombs, drone swarms, cyber blackouts — this war was a test run for tomorrow’s battlespace. warontherocks.com/20...
Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran - War on the Rocks
The outbreak of direct hostilities between Israel and Iran in June represents one of the most significant geopolitical escalations in the Middle East in
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July 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Bunker-buster bombs, drone swarms, cyber blackouts — this war was a test run for tomorrow’s battlespace. warontherocks.com/20...
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The battlefield was Hannibal’s, but the war belonged to Rome. warontherocks.com/20...
The Importance of the Battle of Cannae - War on the Rocks
Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how
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July 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The battlefield was Hannibal’s, but the war belonged to Rome. warontherocks.com/20...
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Cyber intrusions, disinformation, and sabotage. France says enough is enough. warontherocks.com/20...
Calling Out Russia: France’s Shift on Public Attribution - War on the Rocks
Is silence strategic when your adversary barely hides? For years, France maintained a policy of quiet restraint, generally refusing to publicly name
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July 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cyber intrusions, disinformation, and sabotage. France says enough is enough. warontherocks.com/20...
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How is Australian-Indian naval cooperation evolving in the Indo-Pacific? warontherocks.com/20...
Australian-Indian Naval Cooperation in the Indian Ocean - War on the Rocks
In her 2020 article, “Australia-India Naval Cooperation and the Islands of the Indo-Pacific,” Darshana Baruah argued that a maritime partnership between
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June 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
How is Australian-Indian naval cooperation evolving in the Indo-Pacific? warontherocks.com/20...
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Is this trade war just history repeating itself, or is it something fundamentally different? warontherocks.com/20...
Notes from History for Surviving the Trade War - War on the Rocks
The trade war isn’t coming. It’s already here. Alarming as the daily news may be, this is not the first time nations have clashed over trade. In the 20th
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June 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Is this trade war just history repeating itself, or is it something fundamentally different? warontherocks.com/20...
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From Tel Aviv to Caracas to Ankara, one pattern holds: Populist leaders eventually target the spies. warontherocks.com/20...
Populists vs. Spies in Israel and Beyond - War on the Rocks
Over a year and a half after the Oct. 7 attacks, the Israeli government is embroiled in an unprecedented institutional clash with the nation’s internal
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June 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
From Tel Aviv to Caracas to Ankara, one pattern holds: Populist leaders eventually target the spies. warontherocks.com/20...
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What if the key to stopping a Russian invasion of the Baltics isn’t new technology but an old one? warontherocks.com/20...
Embrace Poland and the Baltic States for Embracing Anti-Personnel Mines - War on the Rocks
Anti-personnel mines are widely reviled, especially in the humanitarian community, but there are certain places in which they could be used to prevent war
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June 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What if the key to stopping a Russian invasion of the Baltics isn’t new technology but an old one? warontherocks.com/20...
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Victory at Monterrey didn’t end the war — it reshaped how the United States would wage war. warontherocks.com/20...
Mexican Gibraltar: When Americans Fought for Monterrey - War on the Rocks
Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how
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June 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Victory at Monterrey didn’t end the war — it reshaped how the United States would wage war. warontherocks.com/20...
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It’s a high-stakes drone race in Ukraine. Who’s winning? warontherocks.com/20...
Russian and Ukrainian Advantages in Drone Warfare - War on the Rocks
Drones have played a crucial and evolving role in the Russo-Ukrainian War. On June 1, Ukraine highlighted how drones are changing warfare, with a surprise
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June 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s a high-stakes drone race in Ukraine. Who’s winning? warontherocks.com/20...
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Ukraine’s drone campaign inside Russia raised alarms. What would a maritime version look like in the Indo-Pacific? warontherocks.com/20...
Get Ready for the New Rules of War in the Indo-Pacific - War on the Rocks
Ukraine shocked the world (and the Kremlin especially) when it launched a surprise attack with over a hundred kamikaze drones smuggled into Russia and
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June 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ukraine’s drone campaign inside Russia raised alarms. What would a maritime version look like in the Indo-Pacific? warontherocks.com/20...
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What will it take for the U.S. military to modernize its approach to biological threats? warontherocks.com/20...
Will China Force a Rethink of Biological Warfare? - War on the Rocks
Is the Defense Department still preparing to fight biological warfare as if it's 1970? When preparing for biological warfare, most nations picture
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June 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What will it take for the U.S. military to modernize its approach to biological threats? warontherocks.com/20...
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Rethinking Rome’s “Most Reluctant” Emperor – War on the Rocks
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June 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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What happens if the trans-Atlantic alliance unravels? Europe faces two possible futures. warontherocks.com/20...
If America Abandons Europe, Will the Continent Fragment or Unify? - War on the Rocks
For over seventy years, U.S. military power has formed the backbone of Europe’s security architecture. American leadership enabled the continent to
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June 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
What happens if the trans-Atlantic alliance unravels? Europe faces two possible futures. warontherocks.com/20...
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Winning in Ukraine might be the most strategic move in the competition with China. warontherocks.com/20...
Does America's Indo-Pacific Strategy Still Run Through Ukraine? - War on the Rocks
In 2022, Luis Simón wrote "America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Runs Through Ukraine" where he argued that a decisive defeat of Russia in Europe would
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June 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Winning in Ukraine might be the most strategic move in the competition with China. warontherocks.com/20...
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Iran’s gray zone strategy was already unraveling before it lost its regional partners. What went wrong? (Originally published Jan. 2025). warontherocks.com/20...
How Iran Lost Before It Lost: The Roll Back of Its Gray Zone Strategy - War on the Rocks
"Today, you can get in a car in Tehran and get out in the Dahia, Beirut." Five years and two months after Gen. Qasem Soleimani made this statement, the
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June 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Iran’s gray zone strategy was already unraveling before it lost its regional partners. What went wrong? (Originally published Jan. 2025). warontherocks.com/20...
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As new technology tools flood into the defense space, wargamers are facing a consequential crossroads. warontherocks.com/20...
Too Much Tech Can Ruin Wargames - War on the Rocks
The U.S. defense community has developed a healthy obsession with innovation. AI, modeling and simulation, machine learning — these are the buzzwords
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As new technology tools flood into the defense space, wargamers are facing a consequential crossroads. warontherocks.com/20...
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What role do internal reforms and policy shifts play in shaping the future of the Marine Corps? warontherocks.com/20...
We Need a Marine Corps, Part I: A Corps in Crisis - War on the Rocks
Marines have spent too much energy in the past five years debating the merits of former Commandant David H. Berger’s Force Design 2030 plan. Force Design
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June 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What role do internal reforms and policy shifts play in shaping the future of the Marine Corps? warontherocks.com/20...
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Was Iran’s confidence in its missile power misplaced? A closer look at what recent conflicts reveal about Tehran’s strategy. warontherocks.com/20...
Revisiting the Implications of Iran’s Long-Range Weapons Capabilities - War on the Rocks
In his 2022 article, “New Missiles, New Risks: The Escalatory Implications of Iran’s Precision-Strike Weapons,” Jim Lamson argued that Iran’s acquisition
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June 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Was Iran’s confidence in its missile power misplaced? A closer look at what recent conflicts reveal about Tehran’s strategy. warontherocks.com/20...
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Three choices, three futures: How will the United States manage threats in Europe and Asia? warontherocks.com/20...
Three Alternative Approaches to Deterrence in Europe and the Indo-Pacific - War on the Rocks
Whether the United States defines China as a global threat or a predominantly regional one will have pervasive implications for U.S. alliance and
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June 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Three choices, three futures: How will the United States manage threats in Europe and Asia? warontherocks.com/20...
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Leaders keep calling for America to rebuild its arsenal of democracy. But how can it actually be done? warontherocks.com/20...
How the Arsenal of Democracy Can Get Back on its Feet with Some Help from the Past - War on the Rocks
More than a decade before American troops fought their way ashore in Normandy and Okinawa, the U.S. military noted that “the success of a modern fighting
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June 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Leaders keep calling for America to rebuild its arsenal of democracy. But how can it actually be done? warontherocks.com/20...
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What happens when allies don’t see eye to eye on intelligence? warontherocks.com/20...
Intelligence, Strategy, and the Israeli-Iranian War - War on the Rocks
States use intelligence to inform their strategic decisions — and to influence their friends. Israel has a long history of passing secret intelligence to
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June 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What happens when allies don’t see eye to eye on intelligence? warontherocks.com/20...
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The COVID-19 pandemic was just a taste of how fragile our supply chains are. In a real conflict, those cracks could shatter everything — unless we stress-test them now. warontherocks.com/20...
Putting the Defense Industry Through Wargames - War on the Rocks
The U.S. military is going through its “reps and sets” via training, exercises, and wargames to make sure it is ready for a major war. The defense
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June 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic was just a taste of how fragile our supply chains are. In a real conflict, those cracks could shatter everything — unless we stress-test them now. warontherocks.com/20...
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A parade that aimed to inspire Americans raised eyebrows — and questions — in Beijing. warontherocks.com/20...
Marching to Different Drums: The Army’s Birthday Parade as Seen from China - War on the Rocks
On June 14, 2025, the U.S. Army marked its 250th anniversary with a public parade in Washington. While billed as the Army’s celebration, the parade was
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June 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A parade that aimed to inspire Americans raised eyebrows — and questions — in Beijing. warontherocks.com/20...
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As global tensions rise, the quiet fight over fishing rights has serious strategic stakes. warontherocks.com/20...
Eye of the Storm? Revisiting IUU Fishing on the Global Stage - War on the Rocks
In 2022, Aaron Delano-Johnson and Chris Bernotavicius wrote “A Plan to Push Back Against China’s Fishing Practices,” where they argued that illegal,
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June 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As global tensions rise, the quiet fight over fishing rights has serious strategic stakes. warontherocks.com/20...
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Can Iran’s fractured network of proxies still shape the region — or has the balance shifted for good? warontherocks.com/20...
In a Changing Middle East, What Role Do Iran’s Partners Play? - War on the Rocks
Several of Iran’s long-standing regional partners — Hizballah, the Assad regime, and Hamas — have been significantly weakened or collapsed. This reality
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June 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Can Iran’s fractured network of proxies still shape the region — or has the balance shifted for good? warontherocks.com/20...