The fifth volume in our series focuses on Australia
In this book, Dr. Laird provides an update on the ADF or the Australian Defence Force from the perspective of changes introduced in 2023 and embodied in the 2024 Defence Investment Plan. The core of the book is built around the Sir Richard Williams Foundation April 2024 seminar on multi-domain operations in support of an […]
The fourth volume in our series are essays by the noted historian, Dr. Kenneth Maxwell, which provide an overview of Brazilian developments over the past decade.
As the world has changed dramatically, Brazil’s role is changing as well. These essays have been written over the past decade and provide insights into Brazil’s domestic politics, the role of its military, its changing foreign policy role, and the significant conflicts of the past decade. These essays were written at the time of the […]
The third volume in our series looks at the Obama Administration and how they addressed global change.
We take the reader year by year from 2009 through 2016 and examine the global shifts and how the Obama Administration saw these shifts and dealt with them. The rise of China and the resurgence of Russia have put in play 21st century authoritarian powers directly challenging the United States and the liberal democratic allies […]
The second book in our global change series focused on President Macron and his approach to French defense policy in a changing global order.
French Defense Policy Under President Macron: 2017-2021 provides a detailed look at the evolution of defense capabilities and policies under President Macron during his first term. Robbin Laird last published a reader on French defense policy at the end of the Cold War. Obviously, much has changed since then and this book highlights how the […]
The first book in our global change series highlighted the essays by the noted historian Dr. Kenneth Maxwell.
This book brings together Professor Ken Maxwell’s essays published since 2011 on global trends. This book is most likely to be read initially by the many followers of the work of Dr. Kenneth Maxwell, the historian. He is a well-respected and well-known historian of the history of Brazil and the Iberian Peninsula. Even though much […]