The Marine Corps' Plan for the Future of Ground Combat
The Marine Corps just released its plan to fight against adversaries on land and Ryan had the two architects of the plan, Ground Combat Elem...
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20 of 342 episodesCommand and Politics in the War Between Moscow and Kyiv
Our intrepid team covers a lot of ground in this episode: the increasing fluidity of the battlefield, drones and air defense, the biting Bla...
Inside Iran's Wartime Regime
Afshon Ostovar, one of the leading experts on Iran and the host of the members-only podcast The Iran Reckoning , is joined by War on the Roc...
A Life in Army Special Operations, from Desert Storm to the Next War
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Francis Beaudette, former commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, joins Ryan to discuss how his fami...
How Ukraine Put Russia on the Backfoot
Ukraine's expanding use of drones at all ranges has changed the war's momentum. This episode examines how Kyiv is reaching deeper into Russi...
How a Team of Marines Built the Corps' FPV Drone Training Program from a Cold Start
Last fall, the U.S. Marine Corps had virtually no first-person view attack drones. That's changed quickly. This episode is about how a team...
Is Time on China's Side? Beijing's Taiwan Calculus and the Balance of Power
When is the risk of war the highest? And what should the United States be doing about it? One of the most important but underappreciated que...
What Would Relations with Post-War Russia Look Like?
Rose Gottemoeller joined Ryan in Washington. They discussed how the West might think about relations with Russia once the war with Ukraine e...
What Does SOUTHCOM's New Autonomous Warfare Command Herald?
Gen. Frank Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command, sat down with Ryan to discuss the vision behind the command's new Autonomous Warfare...
What a Post-Orbán Hungary Means for Hungarians and Europe
Hungary has turned the page. After 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán, opposition leader Péter Magyar has emerged as the winner by a landslide...
Why Do Many Western Defense Tech Firms Struggle in Ukraine?
Michael Kofman joined Ryan at a live event earlier this year to discuss the performance of American defense technology in Ukraine and why it...
Update from the Battlefield: Drones, Distance, and Diminishing Returns for Russia
Michael Kofman joins Ryan to unpack the current state of the Russo-Ukrainian War after his recent trip to the front. They examine how drone...
Reopening the Strait of Hormuz & Saving Downed Pilots
Two retired U.S. admirals with deep experience at sea and in the air joined Ryan to discuss the military challenge of reopening the Strait o...
What It Was Like to Be Under Incoming Fire from the War on Terror to Today
On this special, crossover episode of our members-only armed services podcasts, some of our hosts sat down to discuss their experiences with...
The Arsenal Beneath the Arsenal
What does it take to rebuild the foundation of American military power? Michael Cadenazzi, assistant secretary of defense for industrial bas...
Power, Paranoia, and the People's Liberation Army
China's top military leadership has been shaken by a new round of purges at the highest level, raising urgent questions about loyalty, corru...
The Marines That Led the Evacuation of Afghanistan, Four Years Later
On this special, free episode of Marine Pulse, Ian Brown sat down with two Marines who recount their mission at Hamid Karzai International A...
How We Arrived at this Iranian Moment and What Happens Next
The Iranian regime has crushed the latest wave of protests through brute force, but the regime's survival comes at a cost. It now confronts...
Airpower, Advice, and D.C. Favorites with David Deptula
Lt. Gen. (ret) David Deptula sat down with Patrick McSpadden in the War on the Rocks studio for a wide-ranging conversation. Deptula highlig...
The Reckoning of the Ayatollahs: Understanding Iran's Burgeoning Uprising
Ryan had an hour-long conversation with Afshon Ostovar, a leading expert on the Iranian regime and its brutal security services. Afshon brea...