From Hosting to Co-Invention: The USMC and the Australian Army in Evolution
The contemporary relationship between the United States Marine Corps and the Australian Army has quietly outgrown…
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War is evolving from a competition between armed forces into a competition between complex national systems.…
Read More »The M-346 at Farnborough 2026: The Block 20 Story Continues
When I wrote Training for the High-End Fight, I gave Leonardo’s Block 20 program for the…
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I read the critique of the UK’s Hybrid Navy concept when it was published, and I…
Read More »Land Power in the Littoral Age: Rethinking the Australian Army’s Strategic Purpose
A recent essay published on The Cove, the Australian Army’s professional development platform, poses a question…
Read More »The Hybrid Navy Gamble: Why Britain’s Drone-Heavy Fleet Plan Is Drawing Fire
When the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence unveiled its Defence Investment Plan (DIP) on 30 June…
Read More »Guam’s Missing Link: Why the Logistics Gap Undercuts the Webs of Security, Deterrence, and Kill
Guam’s transformation from a fixed forward base into a resilient network node rests on three interlocking…
Read More »Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force
John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard (Cambridge University Press, 2014) is, on its…
Read More »The First Amendment Worked. Did the Acquisition System?
There is a very direct and profound leadership lesson taught at the United States Naval Academy:…
Read More »The Necessary Resilience: How to Defend Western Society in the Age of Permanent Conflict
The distinction between peace and war has gradually blurred. States can be attacked without a single…
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