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O Brasil, a Austrália e a China no Mundo em Evolução: Video

08/14/2026
By Notebook LM

O que significa ser uma potência média democrática na era da ascensão da China? E por…

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The V-22 Osprey and the Impact Force: From Assault Transport to Kill Web Enabler

08/14/2026
By Robbin Laird

I have just published Building the Impact Force: Marine Corps Transformation in an Age of Chaos.…

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Matilda 1: A Stern Landing Vessel as a Test Case in USMC–Australian Army Co-Invention

08/13/2026
By Robbin Laird

In an earlier article I have argued that the U.S. Marine Corps and the Australian Army…

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Beyond the Battlefield: War as a Phase, Not an Endpoint

08/11/2026
By Pasquale Preziosa

A still-common view of war treats it as a parenthesis: first comes competition among states, then…

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Fighting with the Fleet You Have and Building Availability into the Autonomous Systems Age

08/10/2026
By Robbin Laird

In 2017, I sat down with then Chief of the Australian Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett,…

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Weak Signals, Hard Decisions: What the Columbia Mishap Teaches the Sea Services About Risk

08/08/2026
By David M. Lengyel, PhD

The Navy and Marine Corps do not lack risk management (RM) processes. Risk, issue and opportunity…

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Drop the Littoral, Keep the Argument: What Deptula’s Sharpest Objection Gets Right

08/07/2026
By Robbin Laird

David Deptula’s response to my piece on the “air littoral” made one argument I did not…

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The “Air Littoral” Does Not Solve the Low-Altitude Problem

08/07/2026
By David A. Deptula, Lt Gen USAF (Ret.)

Robbin Laird’s recent article, “The Air Littoral Is a Maritime Problem Too,” attempts to move the…

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The Grid is the Kill Web: Rethinking Power Wars as a Mesh Force Problem

08/06/2026
By Robbin Laird

Morgan Bazilian and Jahara Matisek have done the defense community a service with their CIMSEC piece,…

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The Air Littoral Is a Maritime Problem Too: What the Kill Web Fleet Can Teach the Airpower Debate

08/05/2026
By Robbin Laird

Two pieces published within eight days of each other in late July 2026 stake out what…

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Defense Decisions
10/26/2026
By Defense.info

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

By Ed Timperlake
10/15/2026

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

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04/17/2026

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

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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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Regenerative Airpower: The Next Generation Is an Enterprise, Not a Platform

By Robin Laird

The word “generation” has been doing a lot of quiet work in airpower for three decades. We speak of fourth-generation and fifth-generation aircraft, and now of sixth-generation fighters, as if the word described a property of the machine. A generation is a step change

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