War on the Rocks

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Discussions over drinks with security, defense, and foreign policy insiders and experts. The original War on the Rocks podcast series.

Episodes

How Ukraine Put Russia on the Backfoot

How a Team of Marines Built the Corps' FPV Drone Training Program from a Cold Start

Is Time on China's Side? Beijing's Taiwan Calculus and the Balance of Power

What Would Relations with Post-War Russia Look Like?

What Does SOUTHCOM's New Autonomous Warfare Command Herald?

What a Post-Orbán Hungary Means for Hungarians and Europe

Why Do Many Western Defense Tech Firms Struggle in Ukraine?

Update from the Battlefield: Drones, Distance, and Diminishing Returns for Russia

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz & Saving Downed Pilots

Indirect Fire in the Global War on Terror and Today

The Arsenal Beneath the Arsenal

Power, Paranoia, and the People's Liberation Army

The Marines That Led the Evacuation of Afghanistan, Four Years Later

How We Arrived at this Iranian Moment and What Happens Next

Airpower, Advice, and D.C. Favorites with David Deptula

The Reckoning of the Ayatollahs: Understanding Iran's Burgeoning Uprising

No End in Sight? The Russo-Ukrainian War at the End of 2025

The First Royal Marine to Become First Sea Lord

Gen. Brunson on Holding the Line on the Korean Peninsula

Getting Faster, Stronger, Ready: Sweden's Defense Minister on Reform and Resolve