Ryan Evans
@ryanevans.bsky.social
Founder, War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com) and Bedrock Knowledge (thebedrock.co). Opinions are my own. I'm not a journalist so please don't mistake me for one.
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Former chairman, Gen (ret) CQ Brown in @warontherocks.bsky.social today with an important article
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Racing Against Time: Realizing a True Defense Industrial Enterprise
In November 2015, I was five months into commanding the air campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Operation Inherent Resolve was in full
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November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Former chairman, Gen (ret) CQ Brown in @warontherocks.bsky.social today with an important article
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JP McGee is one of the best officers of his generation. I am grateful for his service to our Army and our country
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
JP McGee is one of the best officers of his generation. I am grateful for his service to our Army and our country
Part 2 is coming out soon. Catch up on part 1
Morgan Plummer's new piece in Cogs of War is one of the smartest takes yet on the choices shaping national security #AI. Early policy decisions are setting trajectories that will be hard to undo
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Four AI Policy Choices Policymakers Can’t Afford to Get Wrong
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles. Subsequent articles will examine answers to each of the four questions laid out below. As
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November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Part 2 is coming out soon. Catch up on part 1
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My running list of fellowships and other opportunities has been updated, including a veteran fellowship recently highlighted by Jason Galui - the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program at the Bush Presidential Center.
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Fellowships and Seminars
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November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My running list of fellowships and other opportunities has been updated, including a veteran fellowship recently highlighted by Jason Galui - the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program at the Bush Presidential Center.
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When Putin feels weak, he often resorts to nuclear sabre-rattling. The prospect of nuclear war is of course terrifying, but this is just a tired and non-credible maneuver from Putin. Here's why:
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
When Putin feels weak, he often resorts to nuclear sabre-rattling. The prospect of nuclear war is of course terrifying, but this is just a tired and non-credible maneuver from Putin. Here's why:
I was pleased to have Congressman Himes on the show. We talked for half the episode about Venezuela and Latin America but we also covered the rest of the world.
I'm sure this episode will only deepen the confusion of my more imaginative critics on this website
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I'm sure this episode will only deepen the confusion of my more imaginative critics on this website
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October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I was pleased to have Congressman Himes on the show. We talked for half the episode about Venezuela and Latin America but we also covered the rest of the world.
I'm sure this episode will only deepen the confusion of my more imaginative critics on this website
pod.link/682478916/ep...
I'm sure this episode will only deepen the confusion of my more imaginative critics on this website
pod.link/682478916/ep...
A tale of two social media platforms
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A tale of two social media platforms
War on the Rocks has only raised $300k from investors in its 12 year history. We haven't raised a dollar from investors for over six years. None of it was from venture capital or private equity. You people have no clue what you're talking about but I'm enjoying the fanfic
Didn’t they get a bunch of VC money in the last year?
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
War on the Rocks has only raised $300k from investors in its 12 year history. We haven't raised a dollar from investors for over six years. None of it was from venture capital or private equity. You people have no clue what you're talking about but I'm enjoying the fanfic
Any theories for why the Trump administration is formally celebrating the USMC birthday three weeks early?
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Any theories for why the Trump administration is formally celebrating the USMC birthday three weeks early?
Morgan Plummer's new piece in Cogs of War is one of the smartest takes yet on the choices shaping national security #AI. Early policy decisions are setting trajectories that will be hard to undo
warontherocks.com/2025/10/four...
warontherocks.com/2025/10/four...
Four AI Policy Choices Policymakers Can’t Afford to Get Wrong
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles. Subsequent articles will examine answers to each of the four questions laid out below. As
warontherocks.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Morgan Plummer's new piece in Cogs of War is one of the smartest takes yet on the choices shaping national security #AI. Early policy decisions are setting trajectories that will be hard to undo
warontherocks.com/2025/10/four...
warontherocks.com/2025/10/four...
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If you were organizing a candid panel on the performance of Western defense tech in Ukraine, who would you invite?
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you were organizing a candid panel on the performance of Western defense tech in Ukraine, who would you invite?
If you were organizing a candid panel on the performance of Western defense tech in Ukraine, who would you invite?
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you were organizing a candid panel on the performance of Western defense tech in Ukraine, who would you invite?
Witkoff has taken very hard lines in talks with Tehran. Iran has been weakened but is not so weak that it can or will accept these terms. For many in the Trump admin and close to it, the point is to *not* arrive at an agreement and thereby create an untenable situation that leads to regime change
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Witkoff has taken very hard lines in talks with Tehran. Iran has been weakened but is not so weak that it can or will accept these terms. For many in the Trump admin and close to it, the point is to *not* arrive at an agreement and thereby create an untenable situation that leads to regime change
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Events and Sponsorships - War on the Rocks
War on the Rocks is in a category of its own in terms of audience, reach, and convening power. Our audience is composed of policymakers, current and
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August 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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To say Alaska didn't go well, I think, is an understatement
August 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
To say Alaska didn't go well, I think, is an understatement
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The Marine Corps’ edge will come from being inside the fight early, not floating miles from shore on vulnerable big deck amphibs warontherocks.com/20...
The Marine Corps Americans Want Can’t Be Derailed by a Fake Crisis - War on the Rocks
The Marine Corps relies on a sense of crisis to promote and prevent change more than any other institution I’ve come across. As one well-known Marine
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August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Marine Corps’ edge will come from being inside the fight early, not floating miles from shore on vulnerable big deck amphibs warontherocks.com/20...
After years of learning from some of the smartest people I know over coffees, drinks, and through editing their articles, I decided it was time to weigh in on the Marine force design debate.
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The Marine Corps Americans Want Can’t Be Derailed by a Fake Crisis - War on the Rocks
The Marine Corps relies on a sense of crisis to promote and prevent change more than any other institution I’ve come across. As one well-known Marine
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August 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
After years of learning from some of the smartest people I know over coffees, drinks, and through editing their articles, I decided it was time to weigh in on the Marine force design debate.
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Should the United States go all in on AI — or pace itself for a long, grinding competition? warontherocks.com/20...
Sprinters, Marathoners & Skeptics on the Future of AI & Power - War on the Rocks
Will AI eat the world and America’s defense budget? I think of those who toil at the intersection of AI and national security as being divided into three
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August 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Should the United States go all in on AI — or pace itself for a long, grinding competition? warontherocks.com/20...
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Check out the latest episode of Marine Pulse for @warontherocks.bsky.social members—I talk with CDR Aaron Kleinman about the role of the chaplain in the 21st century:
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July 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Check out the latest episode of Marine Pulse for @warontherocks.bsky.social members—I talk with CDR Aaron Kleinman about the role of the chaplain in the 21st century:
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Three sharp minds. One messy world. In the latest @warontherocks.bsky.social episode, I am joined by @spettyjohn.bsky.social, Justin Logan & Wess Mitchell to talk about hard choices in the sequencing of American strategy. We have some pretty sharp disagreements too
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War on the Rocks
Discussions over drinks with security, defense, and foreign policy insiders and experts. The original War on the Rocks podcast series.
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July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Three sharp minds. One messy world. In the latest @warontherocks.bsky.social episode, I am joined by @spettyjohn.bsky.social, Justin Logan & Wess Mitchell to talk about hard choices in the sequencing of American strategy. We have some pretty sharp disagreements too
pod.link/682478916/ep...
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Significant increase. Bravo
President Emmanuel Macron announced tonight that France would spend an extra €10bn on defence over the next two years to keep France “free” in a “world of predators”. 1/
July 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Significant increase. Bravo
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Podcast: Iran, the war, and nonproliferation with @nktpnd.bsky.social and @jamiekwong.bsky.social.
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Iran’s Future in the Nonproliferation Regime - War on the Rocks
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July 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Podcast: Iran, the war, and nonproliferation with @nktpnd.bsky.social and @jamiekwong.bsky.social.
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Remarkable article
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 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Remarkable article