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Mister Chief Justice You Have a Major Problem

09/11/2018
By Edward Timperlake

One of the most venerated positions in America is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court…

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The Centrality of Energy Security Policy for the Chinese

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The Role of Airpower and Special Forces in the Afghan Transition

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From Lead Nation to Contributing Node: If the Report Is Accurate, Europe’s Admirals Are Planning a North Atlantic With Less Royal Navy

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What Ukraine’s Organizational Innovation Teaches the Impact Force

When I Marine Expeditionary Force ran Steel Knight 2025, participants referred to the war in Ukraine again and again. But they did not treat it as a tactical template. The…

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Europe Erupts: The Portuguese Dimension

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The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage

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Telling the Adversary Just Enough: Ghost Shark and Deterrence by Disclosure

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Special Report: The Requirement for Air Combat Mass and Depth in the Indo-Pacific

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For three decades, “generation” has been a word we attach to aircraft: fourth, fifth, now sixth. The label implies that the next step forward is a better machine. The Sir Richard Williams Foundation’s 1 October seminar in Canberra, The Requirement for Air Combat Mass

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