Meeting the Challenge: Australia’s Poor Energy Systems Resilience
This report is a part of a program of work on national resilience through the lens…
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The Royal Australian Air Force, under Project AIR 7003 Phase 1, is looking to gain a…
Read More »INDOPACOM MAGTF Exercise
U.S. Marines assigned to 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, and Marine Wing Support Squadron…
Read More »Understanding Fighter Plane Evolution: Leveraging the Cell Phone Analogy
The discussion of new fighters is never really understood by the public, media, or politicians. To…
Read More »Beyond Submarines: The Real Potential of AUKUS
The recent surprise AUKUS announcement by the United States, Britain and Australia has created a frenzy…
Read More »Helmsman Xi and China’s Future
The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, has been inspired by his own…
Read More »The Coming of the CH-53K: 2020 and 2021 Updates
In this report, I have brought together my pieces (with one exception) on the CH-53K published…
Read More »Assessing President Macron and European Defense
I published a book entitled The Europeanization of the Alliance shortly after the unification of Germany…
Read More »Australia and South Korea: A Deepening Relationship?
With Australia and the Republic of Korea celebrating the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, this…
Read More »F-35B and JS Izumo
Japan has commenced trials of the short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B…
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