Josh Rovner
@JoshRovner1
Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University
As we navigate the increasingly complex national security challenges of 2025, Joshua Rovner’s work Fixing the Facts: National #Security and the #Politics of Intelligence remains more relevant than ever. Read now on the #BacklistBlog: ow.ly/X0UC50Wpx7K
Nice to see Fixing the Facts in the Cornell University Press backlist blog, though I wish there were fewer stories of politicization in the news...cornellpress.cornell.edu/fixing-the-fac…
From the current issue of @TXNatSecReview: @nickdanderson and Press on war in Korea, @jcaverley on Chinese control of Taiwan, @richardmaass on legal deterrence, @eborghard and Snyder on military culture, and @HerbLinCyber on AI and nuclear weapons tnsr.org/latest-print-i…
pleased to share my review of @JoshRovner1's Strategy and Grand Strategy for the latest issue of India's World magazine. indiasworld.in/strategy-and-g…
What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program, and why is it so hard to know for sure? In this new piece published by @ConversationUS, SIS professor @JoshRovner1 explains why battle damage assessment is notoriously difficult. @research_sis bit.ly/4kdJpEV
I wrote a primer on the technical and political problems of bomb damage assessment for @ConversationUS theconversation.com/what-damage-di…
"The White House is more likely to join the war against Iran if it accepts Israeli intelligence at face value. But in doing so, it will sacrifice its strategic flexibility and risk losing diplomatic leverage," Professor @JoshRovner1 writes @WarOnTheRocks.warontherocks.com/2025/06/intell…
My latest @WarOnTheRocks
What happens when allies don’t see eye to eye on intelligence?warontherocks.com/2025/06/intell…
SIS professor @JoshRovner1 recently spoke with @goodauth about the risks of politicization in the US intelligence community. Check out the Q&A here ⬇️ goodauthority.org/news/will-the-…
Will the U.S. intelligence community be politicized? Our team does "A Good Chat" about the Trump administration’s Tren de Aragua assessment. Read the latest from Christopher Clary and Joshua Rovner: goodauthority.org/news/will-the-…
SIS professor Joshua Rovner (@JoshRovner1) joined NPR's "The Academic Minute" to discuss his recent research on strategy and grand strategy. Listen now! ⬇️ npr.org/podcasts/56457…
What’s your strategy for navigating tricky circumstances? Joshua Rovner, associate professor in the School of International Service at @AmericanU, delves into the difference between strategy and grand strategy. bit.ly/JRovnerAM
I did a bite-sized podcast on Strategy and Grand Strategy for NPR's Academic Minute. I'll say a bit more about the book @BrookingsFP this coming Friday. npr.org/podcasts/56457…
DC Friends, I'm delighted that Mara Karlin and Michael O'Hanlon will be discussing my new book, Strategy and Grand Strategy, at Brookings next Friday. Join us! brookings.edu/events/strateg…
DC friends: I'll be launching my new book, Strategy and Grand Strategy, at @AU_SIS next Monday, along with the great @EmmaMAshford and @dmedelstein. Information and registration at the link. Join us! eventbrite.com/e/sis-book-lau…
'The good work of generals will prove counterproductive if strategic success obscures deeper problems in grand strategy. It is easy to indulge in military triumphalism in the afterglow of victory and put aside questions about the long-term viability of a state’s theory of…