The Challenge of Maritime Trade and Security in Australia
In this interview by John Conway of ADBR of John Blackburn, the significance of broadening the…
Read More »The Rebuild of Conventional Capabilities for Full-Spectrum Crisis Management
I will be presenting later this month in Bahrain at their BIDEC 2019 conference. My presentation…
Read More »France, Turkey and the Questions of Military Arms Sales
Paris – A French partial arms embargo against Turkey reflects a relative lack of business interest,…
Read More »Joint Heads of Pacific Security event in Brisbane, Australia
10 October 2019 Delegates from Pacific Island nations’ security agencies came together for the inaugural Joint…
Read More »Re-Configuring the US Military for COIN and the Global War on Terrorism
In my lifetime, the U.S. military has gone through three major phases of development. The first…
Read More »France and Australia: The Odd Couple In Quest of a Strengthened Partnership
France and Australia are a long way off from one another geographically, and frankly, culturally. But…
Read More »Putin in the Context of Russian History: Shaping a Way Ahead
Putin in living through and shaping a way ahead after the chaos of the 1990s has…
Read More »(Mis)understandings between Brazil and Portugal
The Portuguese and Brazilians have always had an odd relationship. It is a relationship that in…
Read More »Australian Strategy at a Turning Point: Implications for the United States
As Australia engages in shaping its role in the changing global dynamics of the 2020’s, a…
Read More »President Macron’s Russian Initiative
French President Emmanuel Macron is one of those leaders who wants to bend the arc of…
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