This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Bret C. Devereaux, an ancient military historian and Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at North Carolina State ...

Innovation is a key aspect that drives militaries forward around the globe. The military ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised to showcase the “future of American warfare” with a sleek new artificial intelligence platform, only to watch the debut sputter in real time. Instead of ...

“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818. “War is chaos. It always has been. But technology makes it ...

Eighty years after total war transformed the continent, European countries are making big bets on new instruments of annihilation. Last spring, 3,000 British soldiers of the 4th Light Brigade, also ...

As 2025 comes to an end, we at War on the Rocks reflect on the stories and events that our readers found most compelling in a year marked by fresh conflicts, long-standing rivalries, cutting-edge ...