Will the Biden Administration Gift Erdoğan Some Turkish Delight in the NATO Expansion Negotiations?
Sweden and Finland recently abandoned their historic neutrality and declared their intent to join NATO. Turkish…
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Let us start with the May 16, 2022 Nordic defense ministers joint statement on strengthening Nordic…
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In a May 16, 2022 press release, the Swedish government announced its decision to apply for…
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According to an Australian Department of Defence press release on May 16, 2022, Exercise Autonomous Warrior…
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Has the Biden administration lost sight of the risks of overheated rhetoric in response to the…
Read More »Elon Musk’s Legendary Commencement Speech
The commencement speech was held at Caltech in the year in 2012.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken up friends and foes in the Middle East. They are…
Read More »Looking Back and Looking Forward: Key Defense Issues, 2022
Aaron Mehta, editor, Breaking Defense: “These are a series of regular columns by Robbin Laird, where he…
Read More »Three Questions About Ending the War in Ukraine
Last August, the Biden Administration led a disastrous exit from Afghanistan, under the justification that the US…
Read More »Putin, Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence
Last Sunday (March 13, 2022), Russian missiles struck the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security at…
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