Joshua Rovner
@jrovner.bsky.social
Associate Professor of International Relations, American University
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
How did warfare evolve in the "greater Middle East" during the Cold War? Carter Malkasian from the National War College argues this period saw a "democratization of violence"—guerrilla warfare & terrorism—that complicated state authority.
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
How did warfare evolve in the "greater Middle East" during the Cold War? Carter Malkasian from the National War College argues this period saw a "democratization of violence"—guerrilla warfare & terrorism—that complicated state authority.
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
@jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social, and @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social's new article is a super read on an important but neglected area of covert action:
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
@jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social, and @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social's new article is a super read on an important but neglected area of covert action:
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
What is sabotage? How does it work as a tool of statecraft? And what are its limits? Check out my new article with @rorycormac.bsky.social and @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social. Open access
#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -
Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics - https://cup.org/4o2MQBc
- @jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social & @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social
#FirstView
Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics - https://cup.org/4o2MQBc
- @jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social & @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social
#FirstView
October 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What is sabotage? How does it work as a tool of statecraft? And what are its limits? Check out my new article with @rorycormac.bsky.social and @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social. Open access
Concerns about the presumption of regularity also impact national security policy. Re-upping a piece from the first Trump administration: warontherocks.com/2020/04/an-a...
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Concerns about the presumption of regularity also impact national security policy. Re-upping a piece from the first Trump administration: warontherocks.com/2020/04/an-a...
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -
Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics - https://cup.org/4o2MQBc
- @jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social & @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social
#FirstView
Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics - https://cup.org/4o2MQBc
- @jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social & @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social
#FirstView
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -
Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics - https://cup.org/4o2MQBc
- @jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social & @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social
#FirstView
Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics - https://cup.org/4o2MQBc
- @jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social & @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social
#FirstView
Delighted to talk about Strategy and Grand Strategy with Aaron Maclean on his excellent School of War podcast. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZD...
Ep 236: Joshua Rovner on Grand Strategy
YouTube video by School of War Podcast
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Delighted to talk about Strategy and Grand Strategy with Aaron Maclean on his excellent School of War podcast. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZD...
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
Our latest roundtable examines the rapidly evolving global nuclear order. From North Korea to NATO, China to Latin America, this collection of essays explores the domestic and international forces reshaping nuclear security.
Full roundtable: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...
Full roundtable: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...
Navigating the New Nuclear Map - Texas National Security Review
The global nuclear order is undergoing rapid and complex transformations, driven by the expansion of arsenals, evolving doctrines, and the interplay of domestic and international politics. This roundt...
tnsr.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Our latest roundtable examines the rapidly evolving global nuclear order. From North Korea to NATO, China to Latin America, this collection of essays explores the domestic and international forces reshaping nuclear security.
Full roundtable: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...
Full roundtable: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...
Strategy and Grand Strategy beyond war and peace. Bradley Dickey from the Cambridge Centre for Pandemic Risk uses the book to understand the response to covid-19 - and to think about the broader questions surrounding health security. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/strateg...
Strategies for pandemics and Grand Strategy for disease health security - CRASSH
The plan to "win the peace" after a pandemic is a critical but undeveloped element of pandemic preparedness
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Strategy and Grand Strategy beyond war and peace. Bradley Dickey from the Cambridge Centre for Pandemic Risk uses the book to understand the response to covid-19 - and to think about the broader questions surrounding health security. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/strateg...
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
I joined @nktpnd.bsky.social on his @warontherocks.bsky.social podcast “Thinking the Unthinkable” to talk about my new book: The Art of Coercion.
And here’s the book (the ebook is free!):
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
And here’s the book (the ebook is free!):
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
September 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I joined @nktpnd.bsky.social on his @warontherocks.bsky.social podcast “Thinking the Unthinkable” to talk about my new book: The Art of Coercion.
And here’s the book (the ebook is free!):
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
And here’s the book (the ebook is free!):
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
Good news! You can now download the open access (free) ebook of Age of Decption from @CornellPress !
(You can also buy a paperback, which makes a fine decoration for your bookshelf)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
(You can also buy a paperback, which makes a fine decoration for your bookshelf)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Age of Deception by Jon R. Lindsay | eBook | Cornell University Press
At the heart of cybersecurity lies a paradox: Cooperation makes conflict possible. In Age of Deception, Jon R. Lindsay shows that widespread trust in cyberspace enables espionage and subversion. While...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Good news! You can now download the open access (free) ebook of Age of Decption from @CornellPress !
(You can also buy a paperback, which makes a fine decoration for your bookshelf)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
(You can also buy a paperback, which makes a fine decoration for your bookshelf)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Should the US release secret intelligence for strategic gain? A roundtable debate in @h-diplo.bsky.social with Melissa Graves, David Gioe, @mindyhaas.bsky.social and me: issforum.org/roundtables/...
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-5 on Gioe and Morell, “Spy and Tell”
Roundtable Review 17-5 David V. Gioe and Michael J. Morell, “Spy and Tell: The Promise and Peril of Disclosing Intelligence for Strategic Advantage,” Foreign Affairs 7:4 (2024): 138-152.
issforum.org
September 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Should the US release secret intelligence for strategic gain? A roundtable debate in @h-diplo.bsky.social with Melissa Graves, David Gioe, @mindyhaas.bsky.social and me: issforum.org/roundtables/...
New collection of essays and interviews on European security. Includes my thoughts on strategy and grand strategy. human-magazin.de/wp-content/u...
human-magazin.de
September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New collection of essays and interviews on European security. Includes my thoughts on strategy and grand strategy. human-magazin.de/wp-content/u...
Teaching about 9/11, then and now. My thoughts @usatoday.com
Twenty-four years after 9/11, SIS professor Joshua Rovner (@jrovner.bsky.social) discusses what it was like to teach students about the World Trade Center attacks in the early- to mid-aughts versus teaching students today in this piece for @usatoday.com.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
How has teaching about 9/11 changed since 2001? We asked educators.
Once a shared experience, the day has slipped into history for students, and even teachers, who weren't yet born when the attacks happened.
www.usatoday.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Teaching about 9/11, then and now. My thoughts @usatoday.com
I have some thoughts for USA Today on teaching abut 9/11, then and now www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
How has teaching about 9/11 changed since 2001? We asked educators.
Once a shared experience, the day has slipped into history for students, and even teachers, who weren't yet born when the attacks happened.
www.usatoday.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I have some thoughts for USA Today on teaching abut 9/11, then and now www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
At the start of WWI, Britain allowed the trade of machine guns to Germany but banned the trade of carriages for them. Why?
On our podcast Mariya Grinberg discusses her book, "Trade in War," and why adversaries often continue to trade even while fighting @mitpolisci.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social
On our podcast Mariya Grinberg discusses her book, "Trade in War," and why adversaries often continue to trade even while fighting @mitpolisci.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
At the start of WWI, Britain allowed the trade of machine guns to Germany but banned the trade of carriages for them. Why?
On our podcast Mariya Grinberg discusses her book, "Trade in War," and why adversaries often continue to trade even while fighting @mitpolisci.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social
On our podcast Mariya Grinberg discusses her book, "Trade in War," and why adversaries often continue to trade even while fighting @mitpolisci.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
Article on sabotage accepted for publication in @ejisbisa.bsky.social authored with @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social and @jrovner.bsky.social
calls for a celebratory Dartmoor whisky
Sabotage weaponises friction to degrade; subversion actively generates change
2 distinct logics in “grey zone” statecraft
calls for a celebratory Dartmoor whisky
Sabotage weaponises friction to degrade; subversion actively generates change
2 distinct logics in “grey zone” statecraft
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Article on sabotage accepted for publication in @ejisbisa.bsky.social authored with @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social and @jrovner.bsky.social
calls for a celebratory Dartmoor whisky
Sabotage weaponises friction to degrade; subversion actively generates change
2 distinct logics in “grey zone” statecraft
calls for a celebratory Dartmoor whisky
Sabotage weaponises friction to degrade; subversion actively generates change
2 distinct logics in “grey zone” statecraft
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
A study of nearly 2,000 military and civilian officials reveals that even the most experienced experts are susceptible to cognitive biases that can have significant implications for international stability.
Read Jeffrey Friedman's article on this topic on the TNSR website. tnsr.org/2025/09/the-...
Read Jeffrey Friedman's article on this topic on the TNSR website. tnsr.org/2025/09/the-...
The World Is More Uncertain than You Think: Assessing and Combating Overconfidence Among 2,000 National Security Officials - Texas National Security Review
This article analyzes more than 60,000 assessments of uncertainty made by national security officials from more than forty NATO allies and partners. The findings show that national security officials ...
tnsr.org
September 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A study of nearly 2,000 military and civilian officials reveals that even the most experienced experts are susceptible to cognitive biases that can have significant implications for international stability.
Read Jeffrey Friedman's article on this topic on the TNSR website. tnsr.org/2025/09/the-...
Read Jeffrey Friedman's article on this topic on the TNSR website. tnsr.org/2025/09/the-...
1/2 Putin's long war in Ukraine has reduced Russia's influence abroad, writes @hannanotte.bsky.social. Put another way, its wartime strategy is working against its broader grand strategy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
Opinion | Putin Should Be Careful What He Wishes For
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
1/2 Putin's long war in Ukraine has reduced Russia's influence abroad, writes @hannanotte.bsky.social. Put another way, its wartime strategy is working against its broader grand strategy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
New tenure-track position in international security tinyurl.com/5dsuwcvm
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) - Department of Foreign Policy & Global Security
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
tinyurl.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New tenure-track position in international security tinyurl.com/5dsuwcvm
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
If you have used TNSR resources in the past, please take a few minutes to fill out this survey. The first 100 respondents will receive a FREE COPY of our next print edition! coda.io/form/Texas-N...
July 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you have used TNSR resources in the past, please take a few minutes to fill out this survey. The first 100 respondents will receive a FREE COPY of our next print edition! coda.io/form/Texas-N...
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
Claire Vergerio penned a response to the roundtable we published on her book earlier this year. In it she notes how historians of international relations tend to differ with legal scholars on their assessment of her book's contemporary relevance.
July 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Claire Vergerio penned a response to the roundtable we published on her book earlier this year. In it she notes how historians of international relations tend to differ with legal scholars on their assessment of her book's contemporary relevance.
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
Is Taiwan the indispensable military fortress it's often claimed to be? In our latest "Horns of a Dilemma" episode, Jonathan Caverley (@jcaverley.bsky.social) of the U.S. Naval War College presents a compelling analysis based on his TNSR article. youtu.be/6p-SJt6q5Es
The Strategic Significance of Taiwan in US Defense Planning | Horns of a Dilemma
In this episode, Ryan Vest and Sheena Chestnut Greitens are joined by Jon Caverley, an esteemed national security and China scholar, to discuss his article, "So What? Reassessing the Military…
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Is Taiwan the indispensable military fortress it's often claimed to be? In our latest "Horns of a Dilemma" episode, Jonathan Caverley (@jcaverley.bsky.social) of the U.S. Naval War College presents a compelling analysis based on his TNSR article. youtu.be/6p-SJt6q5Es
Reposted by Joshua Rovner
Is war ever really worth it? SIS professor Joshua Rovner (@jrovner.bsky.social) & other experts gave their unique analysis on this topic in a new piece published in @inkstickmedia.com as part of a collaboration with the Stimson Center.
inkstickmedia.com/is-war-ever-...
inkstickmedia.com/is-war-ever-...
Is War Ever Really Worth It?
Experts discuss how to evaluate success and failure in war.
inkstickmedia.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Is war ever really worth it? SIS professor Joshua Rovner (@jrovner.bsky.social) & other experts gave their unique analysis on this topic in a new piece published in @inkstickmedia.com as part of a collaboration with the Stimson Center.
inkstickmedia.com/is-war-ever-...
inkstickmedia.com/is-war-ever-...
1/2 Is war worth it? Some thoughts here, in a roundtable for @stimsoncenter.bsky.social with Chis Preble, @speechboy71.bsky.social, Paul Fritz, and Chijioke Onuchukwu inkstickmedia.com/is-war-ever-...
Is War Ever Really Worth It?
Experts discuss how to evaluate success and failure in war.
inkstickmedia.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
1/2 Is war worth it? Some thoughts here, in a roundtable for @stimsoncenter.bsky.social with Chis Preble, @speechboy71.bsky.social, Paul Fritz, and Chijioke Onuchukwu inkstickmedia.com/is-war-ever-...
Nice to see Fixing the Facts in the Cornell UP backlist blog, though I wish there were fewer stories of politicization in the news... www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/fixing-the-f...
The Backlist Blog: Lessons from Fixing the Facts in Today's Complex Security Landscape
As we navigate the increasingly complex national security challenges of 2025, Joshua Rovner's Fixing the Facts remains more relevant than ever.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
July 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Nice to see Fixing the Facts in the Cornell UP backlist blog, though I wish there were fewer stories of politicization in the news... www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/fixing-the-f...