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Updated: April 17, 2026 • 08:45 UTC  •  233 articles

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War on the Rocks 1h ago

How to Counter the Houthis Without Strengthening Them

If the United States is drawn into another round of military action in Yemen, it ought to avoid the mistakes of the last decade. From about 2015 to last year, successive administrations backed Saudi‑ and Emirati‑led military campaigns, arms sales, and naval blockades that devastated civilians, deepened Yemen’s fragmentation, and perversely strengthened Houthi power and legitimacy instead of contai

War on the Rocks 1h ago

Winning in the Donbas: What Russia’s 2014–2015 Campaign Reveals About Modern War

It is clear that the U.S.-Israeli decapitation, airpower-centric, and precision strike campaign are again not enough to bring about the two countries’ strategic goals. The United States still finds itself potentially having to commit land forces into its war with Iran, yet many unknowns lurk, including a fragile ceasefire and a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Setting aside the questio

Al Jazeera 2h ago

Inside Israel’s prison system

As Palestinians mark Prisoners’ Day, more than 9,600 Palestinians are still being held in Israeli prisons.

War on the Rocks 1d ago

Anthropic’s Nuclear Bomb

A few hours before Anthropic announced the launch of its newest model, Claude Mythos Preview, on April 7, I had just completed a six-month analysis of AI-enabled cyberattacks. My research traced Chinese state-sponsored cyber campaigns against U.S. critical infrastructure and found that the barrier between nation-state-level hacking and everyone else was eroding far too fast.By the time I closed my

War on the Rocks 1d ago

A Fragile Ceasefire with Iran and the Price of Ending the War

After failing to reach an agreement in the first round of talks in Islamabad, the United States and Iran are set to resume talks in the coming days. Via Pakistani mediation, U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reportedly made progress toward a framework agreement, though significant gaps remain and a deal is far from guaranteed. In the meantime, President Donald Trump has imposed a blockade on Irani

War on the Rocks 1d ago

Rethinking Security Cooperation in the Age of Commercial Tech

Commercial technologies are enabling the U.S. military and militaries around the world to operate with greater efficiency, speed, precision, and lethality. The benefits of commercial capabilities can be particularly impactful given the defense industrial base’s struggles to produce at the speed and scale needed to outmatch China, Russia, and other aligned adversaries. It is largely for these reaso

War on the Rocks 1d ago

The End of Managed Escalation in the Gulf

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has exposed a reality many policymakers long preferred to avoid: The deterrence model that governed the Gulf for decades is no longer working as intended.For years, the region operated in the gray zone — covert strikes, proxy warfare, and carefully managed escalation. Iran built a strategy around missiles, regional partners, and nuclear latency.The United States u

War on the Rocks 1d ago

Operationalizing Economic Statecraft: A New Imperative for the Pentagon

Editor’s note: This article is the sixth in an 11-part series examining how the United States should organize, lead, and integrate economic statecraft into strategy, defense practice, and the broader national security ecosystem. This special series is brought to you by the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and War on the Rocks. Prior installments can be found at the War by Other Ledgers page.Th

The Warzone 1d ago

First Look At What A Night Stalker MV-75 Cheyenne Will Look Like

A new rendering shows an MV-75 with special operations-specific features like a radar, other sensors, and in-flight refueling capability. The post First Look At What A Night Stalker MV-75 Cheyenne Will Look Like appeared first on The War Zone .

War on the Rocks 1d ago

Bonus In Brief: Choke Point: The Risks and Realities of America’s Iran Blockade

On April 13, the U.S. military began a “blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports.” The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on April 12 that the United States would begin a blockade after American and Iranian negotiators were unable to reach an agreement during a meeting in Islamabad.The announcement of a blockade immediately raised questions about how a

The Warzone 1d ago

Germany Is Now Airdropping Its Tiny Wiesel ‘Tankettes’

Already known for its agility and small size, dropping the Wiesel from A400M transports gives Germany’s airborne forces a new way of rapidly placing firepower forward. The post Germany Is Now Airdropping Its Tiny Wiesel ‘Tankettes’ appeared first on The War Zone .

War on the Rocks 1d ago

Examining the Cracks and the Cement in the Sino-Russian Relationship

In 2024, John Stanko and Spenser Warren wrote, “Russian Threat Perception and Nuclear Strategy in its Plans for War with China,” where they explained some of the potential tensions between Russia and China that could make armed conflict between the two countries a possibility. Two years later, we asked them to revisit their arguments. Image: Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2024 article, you explained som

The Warzone 1d ago

Army Names Its New MV-75 Tiltrotor Cheyenne II

First applied to a failed cutting-edge attack helicopter, the Cheyenne name returns for what is perhaps the Army’s most ambitious rotorcraft program yet. The post Army Names Its New MV-75 Tiltrotor Cheyenne II appeared first on The War Zone .

The Warzone 1d ago

U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk Tour And Mission Brief With Its Pilots

Branded Content: The UH-60M is a workhorse of the U.S. Army that can perform many duties, soon to include uncrewed battlefield support. The post U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk Tour And Mission Brief With Its Pilots appeared first on The War Zone .

War on the Rocks 2d ago

Why Booz Allen is Partnering With One of the World’s Most Important VC Firms

What happens when one of the defense industry’s leading technology integrators partners with one of Silicon Valley’s most influential venture firms? Bryce Pippert of Booz Allen and Matt Cronin of Andreessen Horowitz join Ryan to unpack their new partnership and discuss how the United States is trying to tap into the tech ecosystem. The conversation gets into venture capital’s growing role in natio

War on the Rocks 2d ago

Silent Killers, Not Signals: Why States Use Poison in Assassinations

The recent news that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death was caused by epibatidine — a South American frog toxin — has reignited interest in state use of poisons and toxins in assassinations. Although state use of such compounds has a long history, the erosion of the norms prohibiting assassinations and chemical and biological weapons increases the likelihood of future assassinations

War on the Rocks 2d ago

The Demise of Strategic Planning in Israel

What happens when a country at war stops seriously debating its own strategy and goals?In Israel today, that scenario is no longer theoretical. In the aftermath of Hamas’ surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, Israel’s strategic decision-making ecosystem has been progressively undermined by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political assoc

The Warzone 2d ago

B-21 Raider Seen From Above For The First Time

A new image of aerial refueling trials gives us our first full overhead look at the B-21 and a glimpse at some very interesting features. The post B-21 Raider Seen From Above For The First Time appeared first on The War Zone .

The Warzone 2d ago

Navy Turns Around Ships Trying To Run Blockade Of Iran (Updated)

Meanwhile, CENTCOM says the blockade is working as communications between Washington and Tehran continue in hopes of more in-person talks. The post Navy Turns Around Ships Trying To Run Blockade Of Iran (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone .

War on the Rocks 2d ago

Hungary Turns a New Page

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat in a parliamentary election on April 12, ending his 16 years in power, after his Fidesz party lost its majority in parliament. The center-right Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, won and is projected to have a two-thirds supermajority. Orbán has been a prominent right-wing populist, with close ties to the Trump administration in Washington and w

War on the Rocks 3d ago

The Bromine Chokepoint: How Strife in the Middle East Could Halt Production of the World’s Memory Chips

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, now in an unstable ceasefire, has exposed a structural failure in the global semiconductor memory supply chain, and it is not the one analysts seem to be tracking. The story receiving attention is helium: Qatar’s Ras Laffan facility went offline, a 45-day inventory clock started running, and spot prices doubled within days. The story receiving almost no attention is

War on the Rocks 3d ago

Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the Path to Defeat in Iran

Six weeks after the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran, what was the political object? Not the military means and objectives — those are the hammer, not the nail. The nail is: What condition in the world, what durable change in Iran’s relationship to the United States and its neighbors, were these strikes meant to produce? That question was never answered, because it was never se

War on the Rocks 3d ago

Strategy Without Hubris: How China Rose by Managing America’s Reaction

Oriana Skylar Mastro, Upstart: How China Became a Great Power (Oxford University Press, 2024)Why didn’t China’s rise trigger containment sooner?For three decades, Beijing’s economic weight expanded dramatically, its military modernized at speed, and its diplomatic footprint widened across every region. Structural theories of power transition would lead us to expect sharper and earlier confrontatio

The Warzone 3d ago

Naval Blockade Of Iran Now In Full Effect (Updated)

Maritime restrictions have been put in place by the U.S. along the entire Iranian coastline, not just the Strait of Hormuz. The post Naval Blockade Of Iran Now In Full Effect (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone .

War on the Rocks 3d ago

Bankova, Budapest, and Bunnies

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces wid

War on the Rocks 4d ago

Can a New Bridge Finally Save the Pentagon’s Best Ideas?

In May 1953, in the desert west of Idaho Falls, a crew powered up the world’s first naval nuclear propulsion system. What made it possible was daringly aggressive innovation: Adm. Hyman Rickover insisted that the Submarine Thermal Reactor Mark I be built to exactly the specifications that would later be required inside a submarine. This meant hundreds of pounds of simulated sea pressure per square

War on the Rocks 4d ago

A Closed Strait of Hormuz Risks a Global Food Security Crisis

The war in Iran has done more than rattle energy markets. It has exposed an ordinary farm input as a strategic commodity. Urea is a concentrated, easy-to-transport nitrogen fertilizer that increases the yields of many crops, especially staple grains like corn, rice, and wheat. These small white pellets are essentially natural gas in solid form, bound with nitrogen fixed from the atmosphere through

War on the Rocks 4d ago

Regime Change in Iran, Underpants Gnomes, and the Phase II Problem

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started the Iran war off with a bang — not just the bang of bombs and rockets, but the rhetorical bang of declaring their intent to spur the Iranian people to overthrow the Islamic Republic.As a ceasefire pauses more than a month of combat, and failed talks lead to a planned blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, what has happene

Bellingcat 7d ago

‘Snoopy’, ‘Adolf’ and ‘Password’: The Hungarian Government Passwords Exposed Online

Almost 800 Hungarian government email addresses and associated passwords are circulating online, revealing basic vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries involved in classified and sensitive work. A Bellingcat analysis of breach data shows that 12 out of the government’s 13 ministries have been affected, which in some cases have exposed the confidential information of […] The post ‘

Bellingcat 9d ago

When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf

Access to open source visuals of the current Iran conflict, which has spread to many parts of the Middle East, continues to be sporadic. Videos and photos from within Iran trickle out on social media as the Iranian internet blackout hinders the flow of digital communication.  In past conflicts, satellite imagery has provided a vital […] The post When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Dam

Bellingcat 14d ago

The War You’re Not Allowed to See: How the UAE Rewrites the Story of Iranian Strikes

Bellingcat has identified several high-profile incidents where authorities in the United Arab Emirates have downplayed damage, mischaracterised interceptions and in some instances not acknowledged successful Iranian drone strikes on the country. A review of official statements shows that the public account does not always align with what can be observed through open sources. This comes […] The pos

Bellingcat 15d ago

Croatia’s Football Team Signed Deal With Gambling Sponsor Whose Rep Used Fake Name

This article is the result of a collaboration with Josimar. You can find Josimar’s corresponding piece here. A European academic used a false name to represent an opaque Asian-facing bookmaker that is sponsoring Croatia’s national football team in the run up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Croatia’s national governing body of football, the Croatian […] The post Croatia’s Football Team Signed Deal With

Bellingcat 16d ago

How India’s Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech in States Near Bangladesh

The video posted by a state branch of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) showed Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shooting an image of two men in Muslim skull caps. “Foreigner-free Assam”, read one caption across the video. “Why did you not go to Pakistan?” said another.  One of the men in the photo […] The post How India’s Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech in States Ne

Bellingcat 20d ago

Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal Further Details About Iran School Strike

Bellingcat has geolocated and verified two new videos showing the deadly strikes that hit an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound as well as an adjacent school in the city of Minab in late February. The new videos were released by Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and show multiple missiles hitting the complex.  One of […] The post Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal Further Deta

Bellingcat 21d ago

Evidence Points to US Scattering Mines over Iranian Village

The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. Several people were killed according to Iranian media.  Three experts told Bellingcat the munitions appeared to be air-delivered US-made Gator anti-tank mines.  The US is the only participant in the Iran war known to […] The post Evidence Points to US Scattering Mines o

Bellingcat 23d ago

Munition Remnants Pictured at Site of Deadly Chad Strike Match Weapon Previously Used by Sudan’s RSF

Munition remnants pictured at the site of a strike that killed at least 17 people in the town of Tiné, Chad, last week appear to match a weapon previously used by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the war with Sudanese government forces – despite RSF denials of involvement in the incident. Photographs showed what […] The post Munition Remnants Pictured at Site of Deadly Chad Strike Match Weapo

Bellingcat 28d ago

How Wildlife Traffickers Are Using Coded Language to Sell Protected Animals On Facebook

A Bellingcat investigation has identified nine Facebook groups with a combined membership of more than 70,000 people, in which coded language has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade bans on the platform for years. Facebook says it prohibits any form of animal trading on its platform. Investigating the operators behind all nine groups, Bellingcat identified six […] The post How Wildlife Trafficke