Canada’s Afghan Engagement: A Wasted Exercise?
Was Canada’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan, over roughly 13 years, a wasted exercise? Defence…
Read More »Next Generation Autonomous Systems
Background Since 2013 the Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminars have focused on building an integrated fifth…
Read More »Vietnam’s New Defense Whitepaper
Vietnam has just released its new defence white paper, 10 years after the last one was issued…
Read More »The Pentagon Prepares for 5G Networks
WASHINGTON: As the Defense Department scrambles to keep ahead of China, it’s relying more and more on…
Read More »Defence of Japan White Paper: 2019
Former Minister of Defense IWAYA Takeshi On May 1 this year, the Reiwa era began. This…
Read More »Russian Foreign Minister Departs Washington: A Preliminary Look Back
Based on the press conferences and releases, the Russian-U.S. meetings in Washington were wide-ranging and substantive.…
Read More »Powering a New Generation of Logistics Support: Electric Battlefields
When walking the floor at DSEI 2019 this year, I was struck by the volume of…
Read More »What Now Chief Justice Roberts?
Perhaps one of the biggest “oh shit” moments in American history has been identified in the…
Read More »Widening the Aperture on Sustainability: The Key Significance of Fuel Security
Our colleague John Blackburn has focused on the challenges facing Australia with regard to fuel security…
Read More »Conventional Deterrence: The Case of the Chinese Threats to Australia
Until China’s emergence as a genuine military great power, conventional military threats to Australia were considered…
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