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The UK Adds Wedgetail: The Future of Wedgetail as an Allied Capability

04/06/2020
By Max Blenkin

When the UK announced in March 2019 that it would buy five Boeing E-7A AEW&C aircraft, the Australian government promptly issued a media statement citing this as…

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Pandemic and Its Impact on Australian Defence

04/05/2020
By Ben Peckham

In an April 2, 2020 article by Ben Peckham published in the Australian, the work of…

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A Look at Strategic Geography for Pacific Defense: Putting the Chinese Military Challenge Into Strategic Context

04/05/2020
By Robbin Laird

The Chinese Communist Regime led by “lifetime” leader Xi Jinping has enhanced its military capabilities as…

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Shaping a Way Ahead for Defense Preparedness

04/04/2020
By David Beaumont

Logistics readiness refers to the ability to undertake, to build up and thereafter to sustain, combat…

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Information War: China’s Misplaced Pandemic Propaganda

04/03/2020
By Minxin Pei

Barely a month ago, China was in the grip of the coronavirus. Thousands of new infections…

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Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Dave Goldfein

04/03/2020
By The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

In this interview with General David Goldfein, Lt. General (Retired) Deptula discusses the way ahead for…

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Autocracy, Europe and Dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis

04/02/2020
By Defense.Info

In a side comment included in his assessment of the implications of the Coronavirus crisis for…

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The Army’s Future Vertical Lift Decision

04/02/2020
By Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr.

Every week, the seven senior officers of the Army’s aviation community get together – in person…

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Force Design 2030: USMC Innovation or Dissolution?

04/02/2020
By Dan Gouré

The Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, General David Berger, has just released his long-anticipated Force Design…

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On the Limits of Europeanization: The Case Study of Prime Minister Orban

04/02/2020
By Robbin Laird

The agenda for the West after the collapse of the Soviet Union has been defined in…

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