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Royal Australian Air Force Strategy 2020: What is the vision of success?

02/11/2021
By Marija Jovanovich

Big changes require bold ideas and actions. In September 2020, in response to profound geostrategic changes,…

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Nigerian Air Force’s 2nd Mi-17E

02/11/2021
By Guy Martin

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has inducted into service a second Mi-171E helicopter in a ceremony…

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Shaping the Way Ahead for the Maritime Integrated Distributed Force: The Perspective of VADM Lewis

02/10/2021
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

The U.S. Navy is already shaping the foundation for the way ahead to build a more…

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Did the Apache Decision Provide Best Fit for Australian Strategic Needs?

02/10/2021
By Robbin Laird

Recently, the Australian Department of Defence made the decision to replace their Tiger helicopters for the…

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Countering PRC Information Warfare

02/10/2021
By Yan C. Bennett and John Garrick

After months of planning, the World Health Organization team charged with investigating the origins of the…

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A Lesson in Humility and Meritocracy Marine Style

02/08/2021
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Col. John R Bourgeous USMC (ret) has just had his autobiography published: Play On! A Marine’s…

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Manned-Unmanned Collaboration: The Case of the U.S. Navy

02/08/2021
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With the shift from land wars to conflicts in contested air and sea spaces, new concepts…

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Messaging China: The Indian Army at the the Army Day Parade

02/07/2021
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New Delhi. Sending a loud and clear message to China in the wake of the ongoing…

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Authoritarian Regimes and Liberal Democracies: How to Deal with Authoritarian Leaders

02/03/2021
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American Presidents have overseen the overthrow of major authoritarian regimes in the past. The most notable…

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The US Navy Will Not Outnumber the PRC Maritime Force

02/03/2021
By Marcus Hellyer

The most often quoted line of the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu is that ‘supreme excellence consists in…

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In Times of War Accurate Sourcing is Everything

In the Obama Administration there was a distinct turn to highlight the non-kinetic global engagement of U.S. military forces. A USN recruiting slogan captures that focus well.  “A Global Force…

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Iran, Europe’s Parallel Societies, and the Transatlantic Challenge

The debate over “parallel societies” in Europe, enclaved urban districts where migrants and their descendants live semi-detached from national norms and institutions, is almost always framed as a domestic governance…

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04/29/2026
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Microsoft’s Investment Positions Australia as Regional Digital Node: If Policy Keeps Pace

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At the Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar “Fight Tonight: Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage,” AIRCDRE Matthew McCormick, Commander Air Combat Group, delivered what amounted to a practitioner’s manifesto for what it means to build and sustain a credible combat force in a resource-constrained but threat-enriched

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