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Author: Robbin Laird
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Framing the Way Ahead for Logistical Support for a Sustainable Distributed Force

10/17/2024
By Robbin Laird

I focused in the first piece in this series on logistics and sustainment challenges for the…

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Putting Maritime Autonomous Systems into the Hands of Warfighters: The Latest Version of Combined Arms Operations

10/15/2024
By Robbin Laird

I have just returned from Australia and have finished the report for the latest Sir Richard…

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Deterrence and the Biden-Harris Administration: The Challenges of Moving Ahead

10/15/2024
By Brian Morra

In the waning months of the Biden-Harris administration, America is failing to deter its adversaries both from…

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Anduril and Australia’s the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise (GWEO)

10/14/2024
By Colin Clark

The Australian arm of American defense startup Anduril is hoping Canberra’s push for sovereign defense production…

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Contemporary Global Change Series 1: Kenneth Maxwell on Global Trends

10/13/2024
By Robbin Laird

We have launched a series which provides the insights of leading strategic thinkers on global change…

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Defense XXIV: A Podcast on Military Innovation in a Multi-Polar World

10/10/2024
By Robbin Laird

We are publishing our latest yearbook of selected articles from our websites in January 2025. That…

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Operation Pineapple Express: Coping with the Blitzkrieg Withdrawal from Afghanistan

10/10/2024
By Robbin Laird

President Biden put in motion the blitzkrieg withdrawal from Afghanistan. This is what I wrote last…

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A Podcast on the Sir Richard Williams Seminar 26 September 2024

10/08/2024
By Robbin Laird

Here is a podcast generated by Google’s NotebookLM system which provides an AI summary of the…

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Autonomous Systems for the Ready Force: It is About the Con-ops

10/08/2024
By Robbin Laird

Throughout the day of the Sir Richard Williams seminar on 26 September 2024, speakers highlighted the…

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Marines Work with ADF in the Solomon Islands

10/07/2024
By Defense Media Activity - Marines

This video was released on September 17, 2024 and highlights explosive ordinance disposal operations in the…

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08/14/2026

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Defense Decisions
09/02/2026
By Capt. Christopher "Chet" Misner, USN(Ret)

Nacelle Modernization is the Key to CMV-22B Readiness

Naval power is often judged by the capabilities of the platforms at the tip of the spear, such as surface vessels, submarines and combat aircraft. Those assets enable the United…

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Highlight of the Week
08/31/2026
By Ed Timperlake

From Narco-State to Norway? Venezuela’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Test

Hugo Chávez, a populist, won Venezuela’s presidency in a 1998 democratic election with about 57 percent of the vote. At that point, Venezuela was a functioning democracy. Chávez campaigned as…

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08/14/2026
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O Brasil, a Austrália e a China no Mundo em Evolução: Video

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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)

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

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Op Eds: Danny’s Corner
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Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

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Perspectives on the BRICS Meeting: July 2025

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The High Cost of Appeasement: How Two Decades of Failed Deterrence Led to Ukraine and What It Means for Future Conflicts

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Partner's Corner
05/03/2026
By Jason Van der Schyff and James Corera

Microsoft’s Investment Positions Australia as Regional Digital Node: If Policy Keeps Pace

Microsoft’s A$25 billion investment in Australian AI and cloud infrastructure positions the country as a significant node in the Indo-Pacific’s trusted digital architecture. That creates a strategic opportunity – one…

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Australia’s Strategic Advantages and How to Exploit Them: Rounding Up the Williams Foundation Seminar Insights

By Robbin Laird

The “Fight Tonight: Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage” seminar produced a remarkably coherent and candid body of analysis across all its presentations. Rather than a checklist of capabilities, what emerged was a serious examination of genuine advantages — geographic, human, technical, alliance-based, and industrial —

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