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The Future of Afghanistan: The Perspective of Olivier Aziparte in 2010

09/04/2018
By Olivier Azpitarte

In an article published on December 1, 2010, the core questions were posed about the way…

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The Super Tucano Opportunity in Afghanistan and Fundamentally Changing the Afghan Engagement

09/04/2018
By Defense.Info

2016-01-17 It took awhile but finally these planes are showing up. If the Afghans as a…

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Dragging Your Feet: And Ensuring the Endless War Continues

09/04/2018
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2017-09-04 The Secretary of the Air Force recently loaded up for high visibility on an experiment…

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Leveraging Insertion Forces and Moving On Beyond Stability Operations and the Endless Engagement in Afghanistan

09/04/2018
By Robbin Laird and Edward Timperlake

It is way past time to eliminate stability operations as a core focus for the US…

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General Mattis on Imminent Fury II: How to Alter the Conduct of the Afghan War

09/03/2018
By Defense.Info

Secretary of Defense Mattis faces the challenge of terminating the endless war appraoch to Afghansitan. When…

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Remembering Massoud in the Endless War

09/03/2018
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

The endless war goes on in Afghanistan with no clear strategy or policy in place to…

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The “Forever” War in Afghanistan: Time to Make Tough Decisions About War Termination

09/03/2018
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The Trump Administration has focused in its defense strategy upon the urgent necessity to deal with…

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Defining Deterrence

09/02/2018
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On 23 August 2018, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation held a seminar on joint strike to…

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Australia Shapes a Way Ahead for a New ASW Frigate

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The Commonwealth has chosen to buy British for its next generation of surface combatants, selecting the…

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Australia Builds Out its F-35 Engine Maintenance Capabilties

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TAE Aerospace has announced it has purchased a site at Bundamba near Ipswich in Queensland which…

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When considering naval fleet design today and into the future, it is crucial to factor in how autonomous systems are fundamentally transforming naval warfare and how smaller nations are already…

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The Evolving Character of Warfare and Its Implications for Australia

The comfortable certainties of the post-Cold War era are dissolving, giving way to a new and urgent strategic reality. As articulated by ACM (Retd) Mark Binskin, the global rules-based order…

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