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Accelerating the Transition to a Networked, Integrated Force: The March 2022 Williams Foundation Seminar

04/17/2022
By Robbin Laird

On March 24, 2022, the Williams Foundation held its first of two seminars to be held…

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Maritime 4.0: Shaping the Digital Shipyard of the Future

04/15/2022
By Matt Medley

There is no doubt that Industry 4.0 has driven dramatic changes in the manufacturing of products,…

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Time to Relearn Nuclear Escalation Management for the 21st century

04/14/2022
By Robbin Laird

This is the latest in a series of regular columns by Robbin Laird, where he will tackle…

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The USMC in the Indo-Pacific: An April 2022 Update

04/14/2022
By U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

The number of U.S. Marines forward-based and forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific has increased from approximately 20,000…

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The German F-35 Decision: A Driver for Change?

04/14/2022
By Robbin Laird

At the end of February 2022, the German chancellor announced a new way ahead with regard…

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Switzerland’s Missile Defence Options: Shaping Offensive-Defensive Capabilities

04/13/2022
By Debalina Ghoshal

Switzerland’s strategic environment is characterized by the U.S.-China rivalries, Russia’s growing ambitions in the neighbouring regions…

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Canada Selects the F-35

04/10/2022
By Billie Flynn

The news of the F-35 selection in Canada came and died off in a day and…

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Remember the New World Order? It has Arrived

04/09/2022
By Kenneth Maxwell

The UN General Assembly vote to suspend Russia from its human rights body for the human…

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The War in Ukraine and the Return of the Nuclear Weapons Issue

04/07/2022
By Robbin Laird

Recently, The New York Times published an opinion piece by Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson which…

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War Crimes in Bucha: Kto Kvo?

04/05/2022
By Robert Czulda

The international community once again is shocked by horrifying images of war crimes – this time…

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08/07/2026
By Robbin Laird

Drop the Littoral, Keep the Argument: What Deptula’s Sharpest Objection Gets Right

David Deptula’s response to my piece on the “air littoral” made one argument I did not adequately answer, and it is the one worth sitting with rather than relitigating. It…

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08/31/2026
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From Narco-State to Norway? Venezuela’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Test

Hugo Chávez, a populist, won Venezuela’s presidency in a 1998 democratic election with about 57 percent of the vote. At that point, Venezuela was a functioning democracy. Chávez campaigned as…

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From Kill Chain to Kill Web: The MISR WTI and the Navy’s Quiet Revolution

When the history of the Navy’s transition from kill chain to kill web is written, the creation of the Maritime ISR Weapons and Tactics Instructor — the MISR WTI —…

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Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

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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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Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

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Perspectives on the BRICS Meeting: July 2025

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Microsoft’s Investment Positions Australia as Regional Digital Node: If Policy Keeps Pace

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Australia’s Strategic Advantages and How to Exploit Them: Rounding Up the Williams Foundation Seminar Insights

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The “Fight Tonight: Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage” seminar produced a remarkably coherent and candid body of analysis across all its presentations. Rather than a checklist of capabilities, what emerged was a serious examination of genuine advantages — geographic, human, technical, alliance-based, and industrial —

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