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Prime Minister Teresa May Personified Grace Under Pressure

06/06/2019
By Ed Timperlake

At a joint press conference on June 4, 2019, President Trump and Prime Minister Teresa May…

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Putting Cloud and AI Innovation into a Training Driven Combat Innovation Process

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I recently attended a very good conference which addressed two key aspects of technological innovation, namely…

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I recently sailed onboard the landing helicopter dock and Royal Australian Navy flagship HMAS Canberra from Vietnam to…

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A Look Back at the Remarkable Life of Calouste Gulbenkian

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An Airbus appointment of Antoine Bouvier, chief executive of missile maker MBDA, as strategy chief can…

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The Crisis in the Western Liberal Democracies and Its Strategic Consequences

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Japan: the 2025 White Paper and Lessons for the West

Tokyo’s 2025 White Paper redefines the concept of security: no longer just borders and deterrence, but the defense of democratic institutions threatened by hybrid warfare, the “invisible war.” The 2025…

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