War on the Rocks (WOTR) is an American publication founded in 2013 offering podcasts and articles on national security issues, featuring experienced professionals.
Ryan Evans, a former think tanker and Defense Department civil servant, founded WOTR in 2013 as a podcast.
He sought to re-center experienced voices in a media landscape that was becoming increasingly dominated by more mass-media oriented content and ubiquitous clickbait.
The site hosts expert analysis and does not break news or publish leaked documents.
[1] In 2017, WOTR and the University of Texas launched the Texas National Security Review, a hybrid journal that combines a section featuring peer-reviewed scholarly works with another that features essays by policymakers and practitioners.