Looking Back and Looking Forward: The Case of Ukraine
My first visit to Ukraine was shortly after it became an independent state with the collapse…
Read More »Will Putin Now Go to War?
Putin’s talks with President Biden followed by a week’s worth of talks in Europe have produced…
Read More »Germany and the 2022 Ukraine Crisis: An Australian Perspective
The new German government’s response to the evolving situation between Russia and Ukraine has been both…
Read More »Pursuing a Scorched Earth Orbit Policy: ASATS and Space Debris
My house is at the end of the street – so I don’t know anything.[1] –…
Read More »Cross-Cutting Currents: Transatlantic Primer 2022
In a report released this week, the Bertelsmann Foundation provides a interesting update on the key…
Read More »Indo-Pacific Endeavour 21 (IPE21)
Ships deployed on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 21 (IPE21) conducted the biennial maritime Malaysian-Australia Exercise (MASTEX). MASTEX allows…
Read More »Baltic States in Support of Ukraine
The defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania today announced they have received approvals from Washington…
Read More »Training for Crisis Management: Start by Reading the Able Archers
I have been focused for several years on how to craft a full spectrum crisis management…
Read More »Norway, the Taliban, and the Afghan Situation
In a press releases issued by the Norwegian government on January 21, 2022, the projected talks…
Read More »Romania and Norwegian F-16s
Through a letter signed by the chiefs of the two Chambers of the Romanian Parliament, sent…
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