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I was invited by Professor Vera Lucia Amaral Ferlini, who holds the Jaime Cortesão Chair at…
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There is no more daunting challenge facing a credible Australian defence strategy in it is region…
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A practically complete review of the so-called Inconfidência Mineira – not least because, in History, you…
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The focus of the April 11., 2024 Williams Foundation seminar was on multi-domain operations in support…
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If one is trying to navigate the complexities of what the current Australian government is really…
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In 2023, more than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding came from China. WSJ looks at…
Read More »Looking Back at the Portuguese Revolution on its 50th Anniversary
Margarida Mota, the foreign affairs reporter of Lisbon’s leading weekly newspaper “Expresso,” interviewed me for her…
Read More »The U.S. “pivots to diplomacy” in Yemen
The good news is the United States is calling for diplomacy in the Middle East. The…
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