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Deterrence, Strike and Australian Airpower

09/11/2018
By Jenna Higgins

This post is the second of a two-part series on deterrence. The first sought to define…

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Australian Arms Export Ambitions

09/05/2018
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Australia is on track to reach the government’s ambition of leaping into the top 10 of…

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Terminating the Endless War

09/04/2018
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Our latest edition focuses on the way ahead in Afghanistan. It is about coming to terms…

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The Role of Airpower and Special Forces in the Afghan Transition

09/04/2018
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In an article published on October 12, 2012, an appraoch for a significant transition from the…

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

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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

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

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

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The “cold war” between Ukraine and Poland is dragging on. Kyiv shows no intention of backing down from a historical policy that is actively antagonizing the Polish public and fueling…

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The FCAS Saga: How Europe’s Most Ambitious Fighter Program Fell Apart

On June 8, 2026, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stood before the ILA Berlin Air Show and confirmed what many inside European defence circles had long suspected: the New Generation Fighter…

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