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War on the Rocks
Discussions over drinks with security, defense, and foreign policy insiders and experts. The original War on the Rocks podcast series.
Episodes
War on the RocksNavigating the Islamic State Challenge
Will McCants of the Brookings Institution and David Ignatius of The Washington Post sat down with Ryan Evans to chat about the topic of Will's new book, ISIS…
War on the RocksThe State of Russian Strategy: Ukraine, Syria, and Beyond
Dmitry Gorenburg, an occasional WOTR contributor and expert on Russian military affairs at the CNA Corporation, sat down with Ryan Evans to chat about the…
War on the RocksNATSEC2016: A Podcast on the 2016 Elections and National Security
Ah, the 2016 presidential election. Trump still leads the GOP field, Hillary has been challenged in the polls by Bernie Sanders and the shadow of Joe Biden…
War on the RocksHacking the Defense Industry
Is the American defense industry ready for what is coming next? Can it adapt, survive, and thrive in an era of paradigm-changing new technologies? Can the…
War on the RocksAmerica, China, and Xi Jinping's Visit to Washington
In the latest installment of our podcast, we gathered some top Asia wonks - WOTR Senior Editor Van Jackson of CNAS, Evan Montgomery of CSBA, Mira-Rapp Hooper…
War on the RocksA Relentless Conversation About JSOC
One organization has been behind America's most daring raids, from the deserts of Iraq and Syria to the hills of Pakistan to the jungles of South America. That…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Infantry Combat from Modern Ukraine back to World War I
TM Gibbons-Neff of The Washington Post (and formerly of the U.S. Marine Corps) and Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson of Marine Corps University joined WOTR's Ryan Evans…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Drinking Through Naval History
In this week's podcast, navalists B.J. Armstrong and Scott Cheney-Peters joined Alex Hecht, the editor of the Molotov Cocktail channel, and Ryan Evans for a…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Around the World, Ep. 1
At War on the Rocks, we are re-vamping our podcast series. We will be holding one podcast a week. The first of each month will be 'round the world. We will…
War on the RocksPODCAST: A Novelist and a Historian Walk Into a Bar
In today's podcast, John Amble talks to August Cole of the Atlantic Council's Art of Future Warfare project and B.J. Armstrong, a historian and naval officer…
War on the RocksPODCAST: The war with China you've been waiting for
I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with PW Singer and August Cole to talk about their new book, Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War. Yes, these…
War on the RocksVP's National Security Adviser on the Iran Deal: Colin Kahl Gives an Insider's View
The deadline for a deal on the Iranian nuclear program is on June 30. Just weeks before the deadline, Colin Kahl, the National Security Adviser to Vice…
War on the RocksPODCAST: National Security and the Schoolhouse
This is a very special Schoolhouse edition of the War on the Rocks podcast series. As many of you know, our Schoolhouse series is concerned with the…
War on the RocksPODCAST: War on the Rocks goes to Istanbul
Four members of the War on the Rocks squad ended up in Istanbul this week. What could go wrong? Afshon Ostovar of the CNA Corporation, Aaron Stein of RUSI…
War on the RocksThe Fog of Peace: Defense and Uncertainty
Editor's Note: I was honored to attend Professor Patrick Porter's inaugural lecture, celebrating his appointment at the University of Exeter as the academic…
War on the RocksThe State of the World: A Conversation with Lawrence Freedman
Yesterday, Lawrence Freedman of King's College London joined me for a conversation on the state of the world atop the ME Hotel's rooftop bar in central London…
War on the RocksPODCAST: The Islamic State's War in Iraq and Syria
This is the podcast in which War on the Rocks fixes the Middle East...ok, we kid, but it is a fascinating conversation with some of the most astute and…
War on the RocksCybersecurity over Sazeracs
We got together a great panel of experts to talk all things cybersecurity, with a little bit of ClintonEmail.com and comedy troupes mixed in. Listen here to…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Asian Maritime Security and a Rising China
Last night, just hours before President Obama delivered the State of the Union address, Ryan Evans sat down with Mira-Rapp Hooper of CSIS, Bryan McGrath of the…
War on the RocksPODCAST: South Asia meets East Asia
Andrew Small of the German Marshall Fund, Stephen Tankel of American University and WOTR, and Joshua White of the Stimson Center joined Ryan Evans to talk…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Spitballing Offset Strategy
We recently sat down with the gang at the Center for a New American Security to discuss offset strategies. As you can see from the photo, we had all the…
War on the RocksOn Strategy and Strategists
Editor's note: Recently, the Clements Center of the University of Texas at Austin and the King's College London War Studies Department held an important…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Naval and Maritime Strategy
Admiral Chris Parry (ret.) of the Royal United Services Institute, Bryan McGrath of Hudson's Center for American Seapower, and Evan Montgomery of CSBA joined…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Asian Security – Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Confrontation with China
We sat down to talk Asian security at the Jefferson Hotel's Quill Bar. Our guests included: Dean Cheng, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Robert…
War on the RocksPodcast: In Search of a Middle East Strategy
Some of the sharpest minds on the Middle East in town sat down over drinks to tackle some of the most troublesome problems in the world's most troublesome…
War on the RocksPODCAST: America's Search for Security with Sean Kay
Yesterday, Ryan Evans sat down with Sean Kay over a couple beers at the Jefferson Hotel's wonderful Quill Bar to discuss America's foreign policy trajectory…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Bourbon with a splash of counter-insurgency
What about counterinsurgency? At a time when all eyes are focused on the potential outbreak of a "conventional" war in Ukraine, Doug Ollivant, David Ucko and…
War on the RocksBroken Mirrors Episode 5: The Operation of Intelligence in a Democracy
This is the second of a two-part podcast set on the concept, and uses, of Strategic Intelligence. In this episode, Marc and Tom discuss how intelligence…
War on the RocksA Conversation with the Chairman: General Martin E. Dempsey
We sat down with General Martin E. Dempsey in his office to talk strategy, the profession of arms, military compensation reform, and professional military…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Contemporary Nuclear Strategy
Ryan Evans sat down with an august panel of gentlemen and a gentlelady to discuss issues related to contemporary nuclear strategy. The guests: Elbridge Colby…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Cyberwar and Cybersecurity
Max Fisher of the Washington Post and Ryan Evans sat down recently with Peter Singer and Allan Friedman of the Brookings Institution to discuss their new book…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Counter-Terrorism, Drones, Syria, & More
JM Berger, Will McCants, and Clint Watts sat down with Ryan Evans at the Jefferson Hotel to talk about a range of subjects related to counter-terrorism. What…
War on the RocksStrategic Surprise, Intelligence and Terrorism: Developing a Tolerance for Disaster
This is the first of a two-part podcast set on the concept, and uses, of Strategic Intelligence. In this episode, Tom and I lay out the actual, social function…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Nuclear Strategy and the Cold War
Last night, I sat down to talk nuclear strategy with William Rosenau of the Center for Naval Analysis, defense analyst Elbridge Colby, Robert Zarate of the…
War on the Rocks50 years on, can we still learn from JFK's strategy?
Editor's Note: We are pleased to feature this talk by Sir Lawrence Freedman, which took place this week at the British Embassy in Washington, DC. Special…
War on the RocksBroken Mirrors, Episode 3: Fear & (In)Security Theatre
"Nil terribile nisi ipse timor" In this episode, Tom Quiggin and I take a hard, realist look at the concept, and tactic, of terrorism. In the first segment, we…
War on the RocksPODCAST: The War in your Wallet: The Real Invisible Hand
In this podcast, we take a look at a rarely discussed, structural vulnerability in advanced societies: the payments and settlements system. We first put this…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Pivoting around and around in the Middle East
Last night, some of Washington's finest national security minds met me at the cabinet room in the Jefferson Hotel bar to talk shop. Elbridge Colby, William…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Broken Mirrors, Episode 1
Editor's Note: War on the Rocks is proud to start featuring podcasts from its Canadian affiliate, Broken Mirrors. In this inaugural episode of Broken Mirrors…
War on the RocksPODCAST: Syria, Secrets, and Some Snark
Last night, Eli Lake of the Daily Beast and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a WOTR contributor, joined Senior Editor Mark Stout and me at the Jefferson Hotel, where…
War on the RocksPodcast: Talking Terrorism with Pantucci and Simcox
On Friday, I sat down for a great talk over drinks with Raffaello Pantucci, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, and Robin Simcox…
War on the RocksPodcast: War from the Ground up with Simpson and McInnis
Last Thursday I invited Emile Simpson and Kathleen McInnis to join me at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London to talk about Emile's book, "War from…
War on the RocksPODCAST: More Irregular Warfare Fun
This is Part Two of my session with Lieutenant Colonel Brian A. Payne and David Kasten of the U.S. Army Irregular Warfare Center (AIWC) at the Jefferson Hotel…
War on the RocksPodcast: Talking COIN with the folks from the Army Irregular Warfare Center
I recently sat down with Lieutenant Colonel Brian A. Payne and David Kasten of the U.S. Army Irregular Warfare Center (AIWC) at the Jefferson Hotel bar here in…
War on the RocksFirst WOTR Podcast: Bill Rosenau, Will McCants, and Afshon Ostovar
The other day, I sat down with War on the Rocks contributors Bill Rosenau, Will McCants, and Afshon Ostovar - all of the Strategic Studies Center at the Center…