The Anarchy of the Moment: Australia’s Race Between Military Transformation and Strategic Vulnerability
Australia faces a strategic paradox that defines its defense transformation in the 2020s: the Australian Defence…
Read More »Greenland and the High Ground of the Kill Web: Why the Arctic Matters for Fighting at the Speed of Light
By twentieth-century standards, Greenland appears strategically marginal, a remote landmass with minimal population, sparse infrastructure, and…
Read More »Italy’s Strategic Leap: Adding a F-35 Training Hub to Their Training Capabilities
Italy’s recent approval to invest €112.6 million in establishing the Lightning Training Center at Trapani-Birgi Air…
Read More »From Cobra Pilot to Digital Warrior: The Evolution of Marine Corps Digital Interoperability
Five years ago, the cockpit of a Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter was a very…
Read More »Restoring Strategic Coherence: The 2026 National Defense Strategy as Industrial and Operational Realism
The 2026 National Defense Strategy has generated considerable controversy for its blunt language about allied burden-sharing…
Read More »Imperatives for Australian Combat Readiness and National Resilience in a Contested Indo-Pacific
The comfortable certainties of the post-Cold War era have dissolved. They have been replaced by a…
Read More »From Factory Floor to Frontline: Four Defense Industry Shifts to Watch in 2026
Traditional assumptions of warfare continue to be shattered and rewritten. The defense industry in 2026 will…
Read More »The Monroe Doctrine’s Convenient Amnesia: Historical Reality versus Contemporary Rhetoric
The recent U.S. intervention in Venezuela prompted predictable invocations of the Monroe Doctrine, with policymakers and…
Read More »F-35 Quarterbacks and CCAs: The Behavioral Path to Sixth-Generation Airpower
The concept of fifth-generation air warfare was clearly articulated by former Secretary of the Air Force…
Read More »Learning from Colonel Spaid: The Osprey’s Indispensable Role Across Two Decades
Colonel Wes Spaid’s journey with the V-22 Osprey spans nearly two decades, from flying the first…
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