In 2025, J.C. Ellis wrote, “Trump Needs a Plan on Ukraine’s Buried Treasure,” where he argued that Washington should enact a ...

On July 4, 2026, the United States turns 250. At Cogs of War, we plan to mark the occasion the way we know best: by examining how Americans have built, ...

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It is 2029. General Secretary Xi Jinping has given the order for the People’s Liberation Army to forcibly take Taiwan.

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War on the Rocks is running “for” and “against” articles on the war with Iran by legislators with military backgrounds. You ...

Beneath the surface of Polish-German alignment within NATO lies an unresolved problem with growing strategic weight: Almost ...