Embraer: A Different Brazilian Story
The latest earnings report from Embraer tells a story about Brazil that runs directly against the…
Read More »Residual Greatness: The UK’s Major Power Ambition and Middle Power Reality
The question of where the United Kingdom actually sits in today’s international order is not academic.…
Read More »The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage
A $1,000 commercial drone strapped with explosives and used to systematically destroy a $50 million strategic…
Read More »When a Navy Draws Moral Lines at Sea
A brief CNN exchange in 2022 has enjoyed a long afterlife online. Don Lemon asked whether…
Read More »Tiltrotor and the Tyranny of Distance
Australia occupies a unique and demanding strategic position. Its continental landmass, combined with the island chains…
Read More »Autonomy or Alignment? Canada’s Canberra Vision Tested Against Australia and Brazil
On March 5, 2026, Canada’s Prime Minister chose Canberra to deliver a confident defence of “middle…
Read More »Two Models of Military Power: Iran and the United Kingdom
Few comparisons in contemporary strategic analysis are as instructive or as uncomfortable for Western audiences as…
Read More »Running Toward the Problem: Fairbanks Morse Defense and the Digital Transformation of Naval Sustainment
The U.S. Navy faces a sustainment crisis that is, by most honest accounts, far worse than…
Read More »Robotics and Ship Repairs: A Way Ahead for the U.S. Navy Fleet and their Maintenance
The Navy has tapped Gecko Robotics for a five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to…
Read More »Understanding the Trump Method
Janet Albrechtsen’s recent essay in The Australian, publishedunder the title “Don’t get mad, get used to…
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