10+ Best Articles on War
The most useful articles on war from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 War Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on war by Refind users in 2023.
Videos
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Ukraine tech sector goes to war
From the production of cheap battlefield drones to AI-powered missile detection, Ukrainian tech start-ups, IT workers and volunteers have been developing mil...
Trending
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Israel-Gaza war explainer: a visual analysis
A visual guide to the Palestinian territory of Gaza and the war between Israel and Hamas, following the deadly October 7 attack.
Ukraine war: Australian-made cardboard drones used to attack Russian airfield show how innovation is key to modern warfare
The drones are light, cheap, easy to transport and have proved to be highly effective as a weapon of war.
A World at War
What is behind the global explosion of violent conflict?
What to read right now on Gaza and the Hamas-Israel war.
The situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. At the time of this writing, some 4,200 people have been killed in Gaza in the last ten days—including over 1,000 children—hundreds of them in a horr…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on war—all under 10 minutes.
Why Men Seek Danger
Listen now (68 min) | When most people think about war, they think about senseless killing, brutality, violence and horror. But when journalist Sebastian Junger thinks about war — even though he has…
Merkel's Leading Roll in Preventing Ukraine's NATO Membership The Day the War Really Began
In April 2008, NATO deliberated on admitting Ukraine as a new member as a show of strength against Vladimir Putin. Washington favored the move, but the Germans thwarted the plan. A reconstruction of a decision that ended in disaster.
Russia Slides Into Civil War
Is Putin facing His Czar Nicholas II moment?
Things are about to get much worse in the war between Israel and Hamas
Here’s how a war between Israel and Hamas could play out.
Chess, Unlike War, is a Game of Perfect Information
The late poet Charles Simic was a chess prodigy who used the queen and her court to conjure a hellscape that invoked a childhood in war-time Belgrade.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on war.
The Case for the Total Liberation of Ukraine
Russia must be expelled from all of Ukraine’s territory—including Crimea.
Sketches from Ukraine
The stores were all full. We noticed it in our first minutes in Ukraine. We’d crossed the border from Poland in early December, and after passing through the Polish checkpoint, then the Ukrainian…
‘We Knew We Were on the Precipice’
The inside story of how Washington navigated the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — the shocking intelligence, the skepticism and the building of an international coalition — as told by the…
Ukraine's Secret Weapons: Dispatches From Volunteers and Foreign Fighters
A journey through the strange, semiprofessional world of volunteers and foreign fighters who, one year into Russia’s invasion, are risking everything to defeat the invaders.
Beyond Ukraine’s Offensive
The West needs to prepare the country’s military for a long war.
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