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U.S. Aircraft Losses in Operation Epic Fury: The Double Challenge of Dispersion and Regeneration

10/09/2026
By Murielle Delaporte

This article was originally published in French by Operationnels SLDS: Pertes aériennes américaines pendant Epic Fury…

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Deterring Whom? Michael Pezzullo and Australia’s Missing National Defence Strategy

10/09/2026
By Robbin Laird

Rory Medcalf’s presentation to the Williams Foundation seminar on air combat mass and depth described a…

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Blind, Burn and Blast: Lessons for Today’s Department of War

10/08/2026
By Ed Timperlake

The fighting concept known as “blind ’em, burn ’em, blast ’em” was a practical assault technique…

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Putin’s Choice: How The Global War in Ukraine Explains Sikorski’s Kaliningrad Gambit

10/06/2026
By Robbin Laird

On September 11, 2026, at the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kyiv, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław…

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Mass, Depth and Reach: The Williams Foundation Asks Whether Australia’s Air Force Is Built Effectively for the Indo-Pacific Fight

10/05/2026
By Robbin Laird

The second Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar of 2026 opened with a question its organizers said…

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Influence Without Occupation: A Future U.S. Strategy for Iraq

10/02/2026
By Jim Durso

On 30 September 2026, Ali Al-Zaidi, Iraq’s prime minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, marked…

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Mastering Chaos: How the Marine Corps Is Reinventing Itself for an Age Without Sanctuaries

09/29/2026
By Robbin Laird

For two decades, the United States Marine Corps built its identity around a particular kind of…

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The Historian of the Seminars: Watching Australian Airpower Cross Three Thresholds

09/27/2026
By Robbin Laird

I have been coming to Australia since 2014 to write the Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminars.…

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Regulate the Use, Not the Idea: An AI White Paper, Round Two

09/27/2026
By Ed Timperlake

In my first AI White Paper, Theoretical AI Exists, Applied AI Is Now in Play: A…

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BYD, Batteries, and the Architecture of Dependence

09/27/2026
By Robbin Laird

Dateline, Canberra, Austrlia I have just arrived in Canberra for the October 1 seminar hosted by…

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10/26/2026
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SACEUR’s Theory of Victory: Stop the Attacker, Not Defeat Him

NATO’s top military commander has set out a theory of victory that limits the Alliance’s aim in a war on its territory. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum on October…

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10/23/2026
By Robbin Laird

AUKUS and the Building of Australian Undersea Power: John Blaxland Makes the Case

In mid-October 2026, Professor John Blaxland of the Australian National University made the case for AUKUS twice in two days, to two very different audiences. On October 16, he and…

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10/22/2026
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AUKUS: Strategic Imperative or Costly Mistake?

Overview of Professor John Blaxland’s Interview on Devil’s Advocate (Episode 93) Source: Devil’s Advocate (涵瞰世界), “EP 93 Prof John Blaxland on AUKUS: Strategic Imperative or Costly Mistake?” YouTube, October 17,…

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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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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)

Review by Robbin Laird

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

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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

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10/15/2026

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

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

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Partner's Corner
10/24/2026
By Robbin Laird

Rebuild or Disperse: What the Gulf Bases Decision Says About Posture

The first postwar choice the Pentagon faces in the Gulf is not which bases to repair. It is whether to restore the old footprint at all. A senior defense official,…

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Williams Foundation

Five Airmen on the Way Ahead for Airpower

By Robbin Laird

The Sir Richard Williams Foundation’s seminar on The Requirement for Air Combat Mass and Depth in the Indo-Pacific, held in Canberra on October 1, 2026, drew many speakers. Three of the practitioner sessions, taken together, say more than any one of them says alone.

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