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The MURKY PANDA Case: The Challenge of Advanced Espionage Campaigns

09/23/2025
By Pasquale Preziosa

The growing sophistication of cyber threats shows that persistence is no longer an accessory attribute, but…

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The Rhetoric-Reality Gap: Understanding Trump’s Paradoxical Foreign Policy Approach

09/23/2025
By Robbin Laird

In the annals of American foreign policy, few presidents have created as stark a disconnect between…

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Global China and the Solomon Islands: Bringing Security to a Commonwealth Nation the Chinese Way

09/22/2025
By Robbin Laird

Chinese police are fingerprinting citizens and collecting biometric data under “community policing” program based on Cultural…

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The Australian Army’s Evolving Role in Deterrence Strategy: Rethinking Land Power in the Indo-Pacific

09/21/2025
By Robbin Laird

The Australian Defence Force is undergoing a fundamental strategic transformation. After decades focused on expeditionary operations…

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Ending the Ukraine Conflict: Federal Constitutional Reforms as a Way Ahead?

09/19/2025
By Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo

The world is undergoing a profound transition. In such times, it is natural for interconnected crises…

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The Air Defence Reality Check: Why Australia Has Less Time Than It Thinks

09/19/2025
By Robbin Laird

For decades, integrated air and missile defence has been synonymous with ballistic missile defence, Patriots and…

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Strategic Choices in Southeast Asia: Beijing’s Pull Between Economic Convenience and Structural Coercion

09/17/2025
By Pasquale Preziosa

In recent years, Southeast Asian leaders have repeatedly affirmed their determination not to choose between Washington…

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The Navy Air Boss’s Vision for Developing Tomorrow’s Naval Aviators

09/16/2025
By Robbin Laird

Naval aviation stands at an inflection point. For decades, the path to becoming a carrier-qualified pilot…

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Irresponsible Escalation to Test NATO’s Reaction

09/12/2025
By Pasquale Preziosa

Recently, General Pasquale Preziosa was interviewed by La Stampa on the recent Russian drone attack on Poland.…

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Tech to the Rescue: How to Deal with the MRO Skills Shortage in Aerospace and Defense

09/11/2025
By Rob Mather

The commercial MRO industry’s workforce is aging at a staggering rate. Workers approaching retirement age, between…

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10/22/2026

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Defense Decisions
11/07/2026
By Robbin Laird

From the Show Floor to the Fleet: Naval Drones at Euronaval 2026 and Beyond

Army Recognition’s video report from Euronaval 2026 offered a useful snapshot of where unmanned maritime systems now sit in the market. It featured Israel’s Elbit Systems, Croatia’s Shadow Nautics, the…

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11/08/2026
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The Week in Briefs: Hybrid Fleets, Shrinking Ranks and Disappearing Paper Trails

This week’s In Briefs on Second Line of Defense covered thirteen items across Europe, the Indo-Pacific and Russia’s war economy. Euronaval 2026 dominated the news cycle, and we followed it…

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Video of the Week
11/09/2026
By Robbin Laird

Data Precedes Artificial Intelligence

There is a simple proposition at the heart of the debate over artificial intelligence in military sustainment, and it is easy to lose sight of amid the excitement about new…

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Interview of the Week
09/11/2026
By Robbin Laird

The Age of Urgency: Rear Adm. McCoy on Rebuilding the Navy’s Aviator Pipeline

Originally published in Breaking Defense, September 4, 2026 Rear Adm. Max “Pepper” McCoy, the Chief of Naval Air Training, describes the system he runs as a factory conveyor belt: the…

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Book Reviews

Forecasting the Drone Future: Keirin Joyce’s Doctoral Thesis on Technology Readiness

Review by Robbin Laird, Research Fellow, Sir Richard Williams Foudation

Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

Review by Robbin Laird

A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

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Op Eds: Danny’s Corner
10/17/2026

The Safety Valve: Why Local News Matters in an Age of Super-Intelligence

By Ed Timperlake
10/15/2026

Fight’s On: A Magic Eight Ball Takes On the SI Doomsayers

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04/17/2026

Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

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Partner's Corner
11/08/2026
By Robbin Laird

Sustainment as Strategy: What Comes After the Platform Is Bought

For a generation, allied defense debates have been conducted at the moment of purchase. How many aircraft, which frigate, what sensor, which partner shares the workshare. The platform is the…

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Williams Foundation

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

By Robbin Laird

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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