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Evolution of the U.S. Marine Corps: A Decade of Transformation

06/30/2024
By Lieutenant General Terry G. Robling USMC Ret.

Renowned for its expeditionary ethos and amphibious prowess, the USMC has historically epitomized adaptability and innovation.…

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Remembering the Berlin Airlift: 75th Anniversary

06/29/2024
By U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden

Hessian Minister of the Interior, Public Safety and Homeland Security Prof. Dr. Roman Poseck, conducts an…

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France’s Nuclear Command and Implications for the Indo Pacific: An Indian Perspective

06/28/2024
By Debalina Ghoshal

Amid the ongoing Ukrainian conflict, France’s then Foreign Minister in 2022, Jean-Yves Le Drian  mentioned that…

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Please Do Not Shoot at the Thermonuclear Weapons

06/28/2024
By Ed Timperlake

In the 1990s, I had the chance as U..S Staff Secretary to the political arm of…

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Australian Defence Force Embraces Long-range Fires

06/23/2024
By Gregor Ferguson

It’s a fact: in any conflict the fighter with the longer reach has a definite advantage.…

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Is Australia Ready for Conflict in an Age of Empires?

06/19/2024
By Lesley Seebeck

Briefly: no. Australian strategy and policy, most recently articulated in the National Defence Strategy (NDS), is solidly…

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US Navy and Dealing with the Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea

06/19/2024
By Justin Katz

Directly citing the ongoing engagements between the US Navy and Houthi rebels in the Red Sea,…

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Mastery of the Air: Personal Reflections on 35 years of Watching Tiltrotors Take Flight

06/18/2024
By Edward C. Smith, PhD

My engineering journey into vertical flight started as a graduate student at the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft…

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Poland Confronts Illegal Migration: Hybrid War and How to Protect Their Borders?

06/11/2024
By Robert Czulda

In the past two years, Poland has started to struggle with a problem that is entirely…

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President Biden’s Missed Strategic Opportunity: The 80th Anniversary of D-Day

06/10/2024
By Robbin Laird

In the early 1990s, I worked on a study of the new Slavic states, namely Belarus…

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05/07/2026
By Ed Timperlake

In Times of War Accurate Sourcing is Everything

In the Obama Administration there was a distinct turn to highlight the non-kinetic global engagement of U.S. military forces. A USN recruiting slogan captures that focus well.  “A Global Force…

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05/03/2026
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Iran, Europe’s Parallel Societies, and the Transatlantic Challenge

The debate over “parallel societies” in Europe, enclaved urban districts where migrants and their descendants live semi-detached from national norms and institutions, is almost always framed as a domestic governance…

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05/02/2026
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Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars

The book Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars analyzes military transformation as it is actually experienced by operational forces rather than as it is described…

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05/07/2026
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Australia’s Strategic Advantage in Space: Geography, Commerce, and the Next Economy

The Williams Foundation seminar held in Canberra in April 2026 focused on how Australia can best exploit its strategic advantages. Yet one dimension is especially noteworthy, space.. Australia’s geographic position,…

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

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

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Kenneth Maxwell: “This is always my recommendation: never underestimate the Portuguese.”

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Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage: The Panel Discussion at the Williams Foundation Seminar

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The panel discussion that concluded session two of the seminar brought together practitioners and analysts who have spent careers navigating the intersection of geography, technology, alliance politics, and the hard realities of combat power. What emerged was not a checklist of capabilities Australia needs,

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