David Deptula sat down with Patrick McSpadden in the War on the Rocks studio for a wide-ranging conversation. Deptula ...
As Iran confronts the aftermath of mass state violence and braces for the possibility of U.S. strikes, debate over the country’s future has intensified.
In late December 2025, forces backed by the United Arab Emirates swept across six governorates in southern Yemen and seized ...
China didn’t break into America’s telecom networks with futuristic cyber weapons — it walked through unlocked doors. Washington often frames the cyber ...
In 432 B.C.E., a year before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, the Megarians received an unusual decree from the ...
Urban warfare is often invoked as an alibi: dense terrain, an embedded enemy, human shields, imperfect intelligence. These ...
Following years of quiet ascent, Turkey’s combat drone industry now finds itself at a moment of decision. Having secured a rapidly expanding footprint ...
Moscow’s “Oreshnik” strike on January 9, 2026 is best understood as strategic signaling designed to shape what NATO will and will not do. Russia’s use of ...
Even after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, U.S. nationals may still be prosecuted under international law ...
When I was in middle school, I ate lunch every day with the same group of boys. Most of us brought the same brown-bagged ...
In 2021, a single explosion in Minden, Louisiana, sent shockwaves across the U.S. defense industrial base. For nearly two ...
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China ...
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