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Europe in Crisis: Shaping a Way Ahead

01/16/2020
By Chloe-Alexandra Laird

Europe was originally built around the notion of it being a “peace project” as a way…

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Erdoğan’s Turkey as a Significant Change Agent in the European Alliances

01/16/2020
By Robbin Laird

Turkey under President Erdoğan has seen a significant change from being a secular state focused on…

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An Update on the V-280 Tiltrotor Aircraft

01/16/2020
By Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr.

ARLINGTON, TX: How soon before we see Army helicopters and tiltrotors flying without anybody in the cockpit? The…

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Looking Back at Operation El Dorado Canyon: Sovereign Strike and Crisis Management

01/16/2020
By John Conway

For Colonel Muammar Gadaffi and the Libyan military, a ten-minute window in the early hours of April 15 1986 would have been complete chaos.…

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Updates from Pierre Tran on French and European Defense Policies: 2019

01/16/2020
By Pierre Tran

During 2019, Pierre Tran provided a wide range of insights on French and European defense policies…

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Upcoming Defense Procurement Choices and Decisions

01/13/2020
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In this new section of the defense.info website, we will address U.S. and allied upcoming procurement…

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The ADF in Operation Bushfire Assist

01/13/2020
By Australian Department of Defence

Soldiers from the Australian Army’s 9th Brigade have been using chainsaws and their Protected Mobility Vehicles…

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Operation Bushfire Assist 2019-2020

01/13/2020
By Australian Department of Defence

The bushfire crisis is the Australian Defence Force’s main effort, with several thousand full-time and reserve…

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The National Security Cost of Blue Origin’s Bid Protest

01/12/2020
By James Durso

The Air Force has been  forced to change the procurement  strategy  of one of its flagship …

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NATO Expansion: Rethinking the Limits of Direct Defense of Europe

01/07/2020
By Mark Cancian

Little noticed amid the controversies President Trump sparked at the recent NATO summit, the United States…

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Australia’s Quest for Strategic Resilience in the Indo-Pacific: Reflections on Canadian Proposals

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a stark warning in his address to the Australian parliament. The post-war global order is “breaking down”, he said, and middle powers like Canada…

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Exporting the “Ukrainian Way”: Kyiv’s Battle Tested Playbook Against Iranian Drones

The war in Ukraine is not a conflict bounded by the borders of that country. It is a global war. a struggle over the rules, norms, and power arrangements that…

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Australia’s Air Power: Ready for Tonight, Preparing for Tomorrow

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