The Chinese Coastguard and the First Island Chain
China’s new law giving the China Coast Guard more freedom to use force has increased the concerns of…
Read More »Counter-Terrorism In Africa : Resetting A Result-Based Approach Under President Biden ?
It is of course a bit early to predict the course of action the new U.S.…
Read More »French Armored Ground Combat Vehicles to Chad
France has delivered nine ERC-90 6×6 armoured vehicles to Chad’s military to bolster peacekeeping operations and…
Read More »The Global Strategic Shift: 2017-2021
If you live inside the Beltway, the title of this piece can be answered simply: Donald…
Read More »Japanese-UK Cooperation: Shaping New Combat Air Systems?
A surprising defence-technology partnership is emerging between Japan and the UK. The cooperation is mostly preliminary…
Read More »The Key Importance of Training for the High-End Fight
For the last 20 years high-end training has continued to be a feature of major USN/USMC…
Read More »The U.S. Navy Prepares the Way for Unmanned Surface Vessels
One of the most rapidly growing areas of innovative technology adoption involves unmanned systems. The U.S.…
Read More »The Authoritarian States and the Direct Defense Challenge to Europe: The Perspective from the Baltic States
Lithuania has banned a Chinese tech firm on security grounds, while Estonia warned the EU on…
Read More »Time to Reinforce Direct Defense in Europe
The question of the direct defense in Europe today is broader than that of the Russian challenge…
Read More »Dead on Arrival: Geopolitical Europe
spring, some 35 fathoms under the Baltic, where a towering Russian vessel called “Fortuna” is laying…
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