War On The Rocks

Mike Kofman popped into WOTR HQ to speak with Ryan about the state of play in Ukraine. From south to north, they review the situation at the front, with special attention to Ukraine’s offensive operation into Russian territory, to include…

The U.S. Army, from the chief of staff on down, is putting its weight behind getting soldiers to take writing and publishing more seriously as an important part of the profession of arms. From the Harding Project to the revitalization of…

<!-- category --> August 10, 2024 This is part one of a two-parter on Ukraine’s operation into the Russian oblast of Kursk and it’s from our members-only show, “The Russia Contingency” with Michael Kofman. In this episode Mike…

Ryan was joined by Melissa Griffith (SAIS-Johns Hopkins), Anne Marie Schumann (Department of the Navy), Alexis Bonnell (Air Force Research Laboratory), and Tyler Sweatt (Second Front) for a free-wheeling, candid, and thoughtful conversation…

A sailor from a landlocked state and a soldier from a state with the country’s second longest coastline are trying to accomplish something transformative for American seapower. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) are leading…

Mike Kofman dropped by War on the Rocks HQ to update us on the war, drawing on his findings from his recent field study in Ukraine. They discuss the state of the front (and why developments at the front might be less important than before),…

<!-- category --> July 7, 2024 Ryan met with Adm. Rob Bauer of the Royal Netherlands Navy for a conversation in Washington, DC. As chair of the NATO Military Committee, he is the senior-most military officer in the alliance.…

Last year, Rajmund Andrzejczak retired as Poland’s chief of the general staff, but he has been busy since. During a recent visit to Washington, he spoke with Ryan about his career, European security, Polish defense, manpower, Ukraine,…

<!-- category --> June 14, 2024 Michael Kofman dropped into War on the Rocks HQ to chat with Ryan about the war in Ukraine. From Russia’s culminated offensive on Kharkiv, to battlefields of the Donbas, to ongoing fighting in…

It’s become more and more common for organizations in the Defense Department, from the military services to geographic combatant commands and beyond, to have chief technology officers. What do they do? What challenges do they tackle? Why…