Acquiring C-130Js for the FAF and the Luftwaffe: Building Out Lift Capabilities for a Forward Deployed Force
The French and the Germans have built a joint C-130J squadron. The decision to acquire the…
Read More »An Update on Force Design 2030
The Marine Corps’ recent update to its Force Design 2030 arrives as the Corps’ intellectual civil war…
Read More »Leveraging an Enhanced Fixed Wing Lift Force Within the German Armed Forces
In this series, I have focused of the shift to forward defense by German armed forces.…
Read More »Allies, Partners and Friends: Hedging Against American “Global” Leadership
America’s allies are hedging against current American approaches to exercise global leadership, mostly in response to…
Read More »The War in Ukraine: Competitive Chaos Management
In a speech to the Reichstag on May 21, 1935, the new Chancellor of Germany in…
Read More »The Australian Defense Review: An Exploding Suitcase of Challenges
The Labor government’s defence strategic review will explore how the Australian military is positioned and enabled to operate…
Read More »The Luftwaffe and Working Forward Defense
Shaping German defense forces which can support defense in depth in Europe, both in terms of…
Read More »Australian Defence in a New Strategic Context: The Perspective of Jim Molan
In my own book on Australian defence, I ended the book by including several interviews which…
Read More »The Australian Defence Review: The Perspective of The Australian Minister of Defence
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles has prioritised the need to bridge the divide…
Read More »Turkey, China and the Evolving Challenge to the Liberal Democracies
It’s easy to attribute all the problems and changes in Turkey to the whims of President…
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