Marine C2’s Shift from Enduring Bases to Expeditionary Hubs: A Perspective from Steel Knight 2025
The Marine Corps has long understood that the character of warfare is shaped not merely by…
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This month, my latest book on Australian defence has been published. Fight Tonight Force: Combat Readiness…
Read More »FIGHT TONIGHT FORCE: Combat Readiness at the Speed of Relevance
Robbin F. Laird’s Fight Tonight Force explores the urgent necessity for democratic nations, particularly Australia, to transition from…
Read More »The Fight Is Here: 5 Realities of 21st-Century Conflict
The comfortable certainties of the post-Cold War era are dissolving before our eyes. The long-held assumption…
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The comfortable certainties of the post-Cold War era are dissolving, giving way to a new and…
Read More »Venezuela, Deterrence And Why India Was Right
London, January 4. The United States’ military action against Venezuela and the forcible removal of President…
Read More »From Victory Forgotten to Lessons Unlearned: Desert Storm, Strategic Drift, and the Combat Pilot Training Revolution
Lieutenant General David Deptula’s Forbes piece marking the 35th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm examines how…
Read More »The H-1 Helicopter’s Digital Revolution: HMLA-267 Leads Marine Corps into Distributed Aviation Operations
The Marine Corps has long understood that the character of warfare is shaped not merely by…
Read More »How to Characterize the U.S. Intervention in Venezuela: Bold Global Geopolitical Move or Neo-Imperialism?
The Trump Administration’s intervention in Venezuela is certainly dramatic and controversial. But what I find fascinating…
Read More »Australian Defence Transformation: A 2025 Overview
The title of my new book, Fight Tonight Force: Combat Readiness at the Speed of Relevance,…
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