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The Threat from the East: Central-Eastern European Voices Finally Heard

03/09/2022
By Robert Czulda

Central and Eastern Europe has lived in Russia’s shadow for years – even in the 1990s,…

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The Timeline to the War in Ukraine, 2022: The Biden Administration Embraces Ukraine But Without a Strategic Plan

03/09/2022
By Robbin Laird

In a piece in The Wall Street Journal published on March 4, 2022 by Tunku Varadarajan,…

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Recovering the U.S. Military’s Russian Expertise

03/08/2022
By Robbin Laird

When I went to Columbia University for my PhD starting in 1969, one of the nation’s…

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The Timeline to the War in Ukraine, 2022: AUKUS and Fractioning NATO

03/08/2022
By Robbin Laird

On September 15, 2021, President Biden hosted a video event announcing an agreement with Australia to…

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RAAF C-17A Flies to Poland and Delivers Ukrainian Aid

03/07/2022
By Australian Defence Business Review

A Royal Australian Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport delivered a load of medical and lethal…

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The Timeline to the War in Ukraine, 2022: The Impact of the Biden Administration’s Fall, 2021

03/07/2022
By Robbin Laird

By July the Russians had stated their policy in dealing with the West and Putin’s aspiration…

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The U.S. and Pakistan: Shaping a Way Ahead

03/07/2022
By James Durso

Shortly after the U.S. evacuated Afghanistan in August 2021, Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, noted, “America…

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The Able Archers: A Novel which Takes Us Back to the 1983 Nuclear Crisis

03/06/2022
By Defense.info Media Team

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has taken this topic from the domain of the abstract to…

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Germany’s U-Turn on Defense and Security

03/06/2022
By Robbin Laird

  During my 2018 trip to Germany to focus on how Germany was addressing the new…

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Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Authoritarian Powers

03/06/2022
By Kenneth Maxwell

This is a fascinating and very timely account of the major shifts and challenges which have…

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05/15/2026
By George Galdorisi

Building the Navy-After-Next

The U.S. Navy is at an inflection point. Two curves are moving in the wrong direction: the U.S. Navy’s growing worldwide commitments and the number of commissioned Navy ships (280…

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05/12/2026
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Britain After the Local Elections: Reform’s Surge, Nationalist Strength, and a Transitional Party System

The recent local and devolved elections point less to a settled new order than to a transitional phase in British politics, marked by fragmentation, territorial divergence, and growing strain on…

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05/02/2026
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Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars

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05/12/2026
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Contested Ground: New Questions for Australia and the West – Defence Connect Podcast with Robbin Laird

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A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

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The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage

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Perspectives on the BRICS Meeting: July 2025

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05/03/2026
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Microsoft’s Investment Positions Australia as Regional Digital Node: If Policy Keeps Pace

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The Industrial Logic of Australia’s Strategic Advantage

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There is a word that does not get spoken at national security conferences. Richard Morris, Pursuit Analyst at Northrop Grumman Australia and a former naval intelligence officer, said it out loud at the Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar in Canberra. He described the discomfort

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