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The European Direct Defense Challenge: Nordic Perspectives

05/24/2020
By Robbin Laird

In an article published by a retired senior Swedish officer, Major General (Ret) Karlis Neretnieks, the…

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Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld on the Way Ahead for the RAAF in the Indo-Pacific Region

05/24/2020
By 2020 Air Power Conference

On May 5, 2020RAAF Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld  presented an overview on the RAAF and its role…

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Supporting Taiwan in a Covid-19 World

05/22/2020
By Charlie Lyons Jones

China’s longstanding campaign to isolate Taiwan has intensified since Xi Jinping took power in 2012. However,…

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The China Challenge: Evolving Australian Perceptions

05/21/2020
By Graeme Dobell

Cascading wake-up moments have shaken Australia’s view of China over the past five years. The realisations—a…

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Egypt Looks for Apache Attack Helicopter Upgrades

05/21/2020
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Egypt is looking to upgrade and refurbish 43 of its AH-64D Apache attack helicopters to AH-64E…

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Swarm Robotics: What Will it Look Like?

05/20/2020
By Keirin Joyce

The First World War saw flights of fighters coordinating among themselves, most doing so without even…

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COVID-19 and Indigenization of Industrial Capabilities: The Case of Arlan Armored Vehicles

05/20/2020
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Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defence has ordered another batch of Arlan armoured vehicles from Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering…

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The European Union and Direct Defense of Europe: Its Post-COVID-19 Future

05/20/2020
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In discussions with then Prime Minister Edouard Balladur in the mid-1990s about the future of the…

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Threats and Vulnerabilities: Where Should the Australia’s Defence Focus Lie?

05/19/2020
By Scott Graham Lovell

 Australia is the largest and most resource-rich island in the Asia-Pacific region. It exports more raw…

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Global Maritime Patrol Enterprise

05/18/2020
By Defense.info

In this report, we bring together recently published articles we have generated with regard to the…

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04/25/2026
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Implications for Industry as the U.S. Navy Determines Which Fleet It Will Field

As the U.S. Navy examines options for what mix of crewed and uncrewed systems will populate the Navy-After-Next, industry would be well-served to watch these developments carefully as companies work…

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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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