The New USCG Arctic Strategy
The US has been for more than a decade, a reluctant Arctic power. We have written…
Read More »Reconsidering Venezuelan Options: Focused US Efforts
The current situation in Venezuela is in flux. How might we frame the challenge? One way…
Read More »Urgent Technological Priorities for the Defence Forces of the Liberal Democracies
The 2016 defence white paper and the decades-long integrated investment program will deliver a future force…
Read More »Nigerian Super Tucanos
Nigeria will base its 12 new Super Tucano light attack/trainer aircraft at Kainji Air Base in…
Read More »Interests and Values, and Defence Policy
Defence policy almost invariably reflects friction between a nation’s interests and its values. While ‘interests’ concern…
Read More »Two Alliances Compared: ANZUS and NATO
NATO and ANZUS are cousins. The defining family characteristic of the two alliances is the central,…
Read More »Israel and the US Work Integrated Missile Defense
TEL AVIV: The US and Israel have completed a unique joint missile defenseexercise seen as crucial to…
Read More »Operation Relentless: 50 Years of Nuclear Deterrence at Sea
Known as Operation Relentless, at least one Royal Navy ballistic submarine has been patrolling the world’s…
Read More »Is the Macron Administration Cracking Down on the Press?
It appears that the Macron Administration is cracking down on the press. The case in point…
Read More »The Warlords and the F-35
We recently visited the Warlords at Beaufort MCAS. We had a chance to meet with the…
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