Stephen Biddle Archives

Good to Know: The offense-defense balance

Stacie Goddard - August 20, 2024

The technology and tactics behind Ukraine's August 2024 offensive into Russian territory.

Stephen Biddle - April 27, 2022

In Ukraine and beyond, skills, determination and tactics matter more than the mix of weapons

Yuri Zhukov and Stephen Biddle - August 31, 2021

The dynamics behind this kind of collapse are more common than you might think

Elizabeth N. Saunders - September 4, 2017

Trump may soon learn the art of 'no deal.'

Stephen Biddle, Ryan Baker, and Julia Macdonald - May 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_58268" align="alignleft" width="960"] Marines salute during a handover ceremony

John Sides - March 22, 2016

[caption id="attachment_37743" align="aligncenter" width="606"] A soldier stands near broken windows

Stephen Biddle and Jacob N. Shapiro - December 1, 2015

[caption id="attachment_32401" align="aligncenter" width="908"] U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles

Marc Lynch - June 25, 2015

[caption id="attachment_26488" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] Members of Iraqi security forces

Ariel Ahram - January 5, 2015

[caption id="attachment_19788" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Fighters from the Shiite Kataib Imam

Ralph Clem - August 15, 2014

The following is a guest post from political geographer Ralph S.