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Guam’s transformation from a fixed forward base into a resilient network node rests on three interlocking…
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John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard (Cambridge University Press, 2014) is, on its…
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There is a very direct and profound leadership lesson taught at the United States Naval Academy:…
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The distinction between peace and war has gradually blurred. States can be attacked without a single…
Read More »Maverick Against Hypersonic Systems
This isn’t about the actor Tom Cruise, though speed matters here too. Project Maverick is an…
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Building the Impact Force contends that the United States Marine Corps is in the midst of…
Read More »Building the Impact Force: Marine Corps Transformation in an Age of Chaos
My latest book is entitled Building the Impact Force: Marine Corps Transformation in an Age of…
Read More »Japan’s Mogami-Class Frigate and Innovation in Ship Building
Japan’s Mogami-class frigate represents one of the more significant experiments in contemporary naval warfare: a major…
Read More »Closing the Seams: Canada and the Netherlands in the MV-75’s Trans-Atlantic Architecture
The GIUK gap defines the North Atlantic’s central chokepoint. The Nordic land corridor defines the Alliance’s…
Read More »England vs Argentina in the World Cup: Remember the Falklands?
This Wednesday, 15 July, 2026, Argentina faces England in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup…
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