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Author: Robbin Laird
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The DSR and the Australian Strike Enterprise

09/30/2023
By Robbin Laird

We need to start first with considering how the 2023 Australian Defence Review has prioritized the…

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Preparing the Navy for the IndoPacific: Advancing UAS for Great Power Competition

09/30/2023
By Carl Forsling and Chris Misner

After twenty years supporting the Global War on Terrorism, the U.S. Navy finds itself having to…

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In The Wake of Booz Allen, Defense Contractors Revisit FCA

09/26/2023
By Eric Gang

False claims liability remains an ever-looming financial threat for U.S. defense contractors. For 2023, the Justice…

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Why Veterans should Accept the 3M Earplug Settlement

09/26/2023
By Edward Timperlake

3M has agreed to pay to resolve over 300,000 lawsuits claiming it sold the U.S. military…

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The Arafura Class OPV in the Evolving Strategic Context

09/26/2023
By hypohystericalhistory

The Arafura class OPV is the Royal Australian Navy’s newest class of minor vessel. Intended to…

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A Key Mission for Maritime Autonomous Systems: Enabling an Undersea Infrastructure Protection Enterprise

09/24/2023
By Robbin Laird

Events like the destruction of Nord Stream II or the threats to North Sea Oil rigs…

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The Changing Spirit of the Fifth Republic

09/21/2023
By Chloe Laird

In March, French President Emmanuel Macron invoked Article 49.3 of his country’s constitution to push through…

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Australia Buys Fourth Triton

09/20/2023
By Colin Clark

Eager for better and more distant coverage of the vast Pacific Ocean and environs, Australia announced…

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Who Benefits from the Trade War between Ukraine and Poland?

09/19/2023
By Robert Czulda

On September 19th,2023 Ukraine filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against Hungary, Poland, and…

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Addressing the Mine Warfare Challenge with Maritime Autonomous Systems

09/16/2023
By LCDR U.H. (Jack) Rowley, USN (Ret.), SWO/EDO

The U.S. Navy is accelerating the testing and fielding of unmanned systems. Week-after-week, headlines such as:…

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08/07/2026
By Robbin Laird

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

David Deptula’s response to my piece on the “air littoral” made one argument I did not adequately answer, and it is the one worth sitting with rather than relitigating. It…

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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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Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

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

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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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