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Australia’s Perilous Over-Dependence on Imported Fuel

03/17/2022
By John Blackburn

When it comes to fuel, Australia does not have an forward-thinking national security and resilience strategy.…

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The Timeline to the War in Ukraine, 2022: Looking Back and Looking Forward with Regard to Ukraine

03/17/2022
By Robbin Laird

My first visit to Ukraine was shortly after it became an independent state with the collapse…

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A Polish Perspective on the MIG-29 Issue

03/15/2022
By Robert Czulda

There is no doubt that all discussions and plans regarding a possible transfer of the MiG-29…

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Reflections on More than Two Decades of Western Appeasement of Vladimir Putin (Updated)

03/14/2022
By Brian Morra

The War in Ukraine is – justifiably – the biggest news story in the world.  Russia…

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Digital Thread Developments Transforming Defense Logistics

03/14/2022
By Matt Medley

The three digital data thread developments in 2022 that will transform defense logistics across land, air…

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The Timeline to the War in Ukraine, 2022: The Migrant Battering Ram, Fall 2021

03/11/2022
By Robbin Laird

The migrant pressures on Europe have been a key policy tool for Putin for some time.…

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The Timeline to the War in Ukraine, 2022: Putin’s Valdai Discussion Club, October 2021

03/10/2022
By Robbin Laird

The 18th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, held in Sochi, saw President Putin give…

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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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10/29/2026
By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky

NIST’s New AI Incident Guidance Needs a Defense Recovery Drill

Defense organizations adopting AI agents need more than assurances that a system will follow instructions. They need evidence that operators can detect unauthorized activity, contain it across connected services, and…

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10/23/2026
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AUKUS and the Building of Australian Undersea Power: John Blaxland Makes the Case

In mid-October 2026, Professor John Blaxland of the Australian National University made the case for AUKUS twice in two days, to two very different audiences. On October 16, he and…

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10/22/2026
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AUKUS: Strategic Imperative or Costly Mistake?

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09/11/2026
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The Age of Urgency: Rear Adm. McCoy on Rebuilding the Navy’s Aviator Pipeline

Originally published in Breaking Defense, September 4, 2026 Rear Adm. Max “Pepper” McCoy, the Chief of Naval Air Training, describes the system he runs as a factory conveyor belt: the…

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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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The Safety Valve: Why Local News Matters in an Age of Super-Intelligence

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From Factory to Capability: What Western Australia’s Shipyards Still Need

Money builds a precinct. Demand, labour and suppliers build a capability. That is the discipline running through Raelene Lockhorst’s recent piece for ASPI’s The Strategist, “Plant alone isn’t enough: a…

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Lt. Col. Chip Berke, one of the first Marine pilots to fly the F-22, used to make a point about the iPhone. When Steve Jobs introduced it, he described it as three devices in one: a computer, a music player and a phone. Nobody

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