Online Military Blogs and Websites

Here is a list of online resources to get you started exploring avenues for your self-initiated or team professional military development:

• Land Power Forum – short posts published by the Australian Army on topics including modernisation, future of land power, strategy, emerging threats and opportunities, land combat, logistics, cyber and space, amphibious / joint / interagencies operations and the cognitive edge.

• The Interpreter – brought to you be the Lowy Institute for International Policy, an independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Sydney. Publishing daily commentary and analysis on international events, our region and defence.

• The Strategist – the official blog of The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Publishing commentary on Australia’s defence and strategic policy. 

• The Strategy Bridge – always an informative read – an international jounal focused on strategy, national security and military affairs brought to you by the ultimate of military professionals.

• Military Leader – hosted by an U.S. Army Infantry Officer, providing leaders with resouces and insight thay can use for self-development and team professional development.

• From the Green Notebook – Joe Byerly provides an excellent example of how to share ideas as a serving member. Through his blog, Byerly leads professional debate on security issues that matter to our future.

• Infinity Journal – an outstanding resource for top-notch discussion on strategy at all levels — from the nature of grand strategy or the conduct of campaigns — and as across all dimensions — from nuclear weapons to cyber-power.  Always guarteened to be inspired and fruitfully informed from reading their editions.

• Modern War Institute – leveraging the intellectual capital at West Point, check out the War Council Blog  for comment on recent and on-going conflicts. Designed to prepare present and future leaders to win in a complex world by being academically grounded and operationally connected.

• Doctrine Man – find him on Facebook, Twitter and Medium – popping up on noticeboards and in brew rooms everywhere, part of your daily military routine.

• Task and Purpose – covering a wide range of military topics brought to you from active duty and veteran authors.

• War on the Rocks – analysis, commentary, and debate on foreign policy and national security issues through a realist lens. Featuring articles and podcasts from top notch scholars and experienced military professionals. A first class read.

• Small Wars Journal – the original leader in the field of online commentary from experienced military voices and commentators. Still a learning mecca for junior commanders.

• The Journal of Military Operations – publishing articles and essays on warfare, the conduct of war, combat, and the nature of war across land warfare, air-land and amphibious operations including the systems and logistics that underpin these operations.

• CIMSEC – check out the NextWar blog for discussion on security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.

• Strategic Studies Institute – excellent long read essays on geostrategic and national security and military issues.

• RAND Corporation – use the filters to discover outstanding essays and articles from experts in the field of national defence policy, strategy and military issues.

• NDU Press – brought to you by the National Defense University, publishing vital and complex defense and national security scholarship for professional military education.