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COVID-19: Norway Highlights Testing and International Cooperation as Key Response Elements

04/20/2020
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The mortality rate in Norway from Covid-19 is about 0.45 per cent. This is extremely low…

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This special report brings together in one publication our recent pieces published on Second Line of…

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Russia’s Kalashnikov has sold a number of BK-10 assault boats to a sub-Saharan African country in…

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The United States is experiencing significant stress within its federal system of government, and much uncertainty…

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The Army’s new Project LAND 2072 Phase 2B Currawong Battlespace Communications System (BCS), a world-class wholly Australian-designed and produced capability,…

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Germans Rally Behind Merkel Amid Coronavirus Crisis

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In times of great need, citizens tend to rally behind their governments. This happens in democracies,…

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This report focuses on the USMC digital interoperability effort. It is clear that the digital interoperability…

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A Look Back to Shape the Way Forward in 21st Century Europe

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Europe today faces multiple crises, such as Brexit, the Turkish challenge, changes in U.S. policies, the…

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Interactivity, Platforms, and Shaping a Way Ahead

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This is the fourth article in a series on the USMC Aviation and its work in…

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By Giovanni Castellaneta and Pasquale Preziosa

The FCAS Dynamic: An Italian Perspective

The end of the FCAS (Future Combat Air System) program (in terms of no joint fighter)  signifies much more than the failure of an ambitious aeronautical project. It represents a…

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Britain After the Local Elections: Reform’s Surge, Nationalist Strength, and a Transitional Party System

The recent local and devolved elections point less to a settled new order than to a transitional phase in British politics, marked by fragmentation, territorial divergence, and growing strain on…

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In this week’s interview, I join the team at Defence Connect to discuss how Australia and its partners in the West must rethink deterrence, mobilisation, and the use of national…

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A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

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The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage

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The “Fight Tonight: Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage” seminar produced a remarkably coherent and candid body of analysis across all its presentations. Rather than a checklist of capabilities, what emerged was a serious examination of genuine advantages — geographic, human, technical, alliance-based, and industrial —

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