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Will the Syrian Earthquake Usher Damascus into the Middle East Mainstream?

03/10/2023
By James Durso

Bashar and Asma al-Assad were as good as it was going to get in Syria. The…

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Mobilising National Logistics in Support of Military Operations

03/06/2023
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‘The role of industrial preparedness in military strategy is anomalous. Prospectively, the role is almost always…

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Working Allied Defense Supply Stockpiles: The U.S. and Danish Agreement, February 2023

03/06/2023
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In a February 8, 2023 press release, DoD announced the signing of a new agreement with…

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03/05/2023
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Over the past few years, Covid-19, climate change and Chinese economic coercion have catalysed rapid global…

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You Can Serve Your Country: But the Department of Veterans AffairsWants to Know: What Gender do You Think You Are?

03/03/2023
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By what right does Secretary Dennis Mc Donough of the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) have…

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The Irish Opportunity: Ireland Rethinks its Role in Security and Defense in Europe

03/02/2023
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Ireland in my lifetime has been more likely a defense problem than part of a defense…

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Peter Fleming’s Brazilian Adventure

02/26/2023
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In 1951, during my first year at Queen’s College, Taunton, then a boarding school for boys…

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Is Kazakhstan Finally Ready for Takeoff?

02/25/2023
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Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev believes “Never let a crisis go to waste.” Tokayev has been on…

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The End Game in Ukraine and American Interests

02/23/2023
By Robbin Laird

Recently, President Biden said in Ukraine that he’ll back Ukraine as long as it takes. Leaving…

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China Leads Global Effort to End the War in Ukraine and Assist in Its Reconstruction

02/22/2023
By Robbin Laird

If you don’t like this headline, what is the United States and the West going to…

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05/15/2026
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Building the Navy-After-Next

The U.S. Navy is at an inflection point. Two curves are moving in the wrong direction: the U.S. Navy’s growing worldwide commitments and the number of commissioned Navy ships (280…

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Britain After the Local Elections: Reform’s Surge, Nationalist Strength, and a Transitional Party System

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Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars

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