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Maritime Dynamics Archive

Shaping a Way Ahead for Australian Maritime Strategy

04/20/2024
By Robbin Laird

The Williams Foundation Seminar held on April 11, 2024 focused on how multi-domain operations could enable…

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Fleet Redesign and Training: The Case of Second Fleet and the USS Gerald R. Ford

03/08/2024
By Robbin Laird

2nd Fleet was re-designed, and the USS Gerald R. Ford has come to the fleet. How…

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Chief of Navy Mark Hammond on the New Australian Government Naval Program

02/22/2024
By Brendan Nicholson

Over decades, a truism has matured that modern technology, surveillance systems and weapons have evolved to…

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Uncrewed Maritime Systems Development Now Takes Center-Stage

01/19/2024
By George Galdorisi

It will take years to unpack all the lessons learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine,…

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A Different Slant on Manned-Unmanned Teaming: What Effect do You Want to Achieve?

10/12/2023
By Robbin Laird

During my recent visit to Australia to support the 27 September 2023 Williams Foundation Seminar, I…

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Bluebottle USVs and Carving Out a Way Ahead within Australian Security and Defence

10/10/2023
By Robbin Laird

I remember quite well an interview I did with Marines early in the Osprey transition. One…

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Building Modular Motherships: Denmark and Singapore Lead the Way

10/07/2023
By Robbin Laird

The Danes are shaping a second generation of their modular ships. The first-generation flex ships provided…

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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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Mission Threads and European Exercises: MARTAC’s 24 Foot USV at BALTOPS-23 and REPMUS 23

07/20/2023
By Robbin Laird

Recently, MARTAC announced the launch of their new Devil Ray T24. This is a production USV…

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The Pacific Submarine Fleet: A Key Part of the Kill Web Con-ops for Pacific Deterrence

05/12/2023
By Robbin Laird

I have just returned from a five week visit to Australia and to Hawaii. During that…

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09/30/2025

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Defense Decisions
10/01/2025
By Robbin Laird

Capital Shield: Redefining Crisis Management for the Age of Chaos

Earlier this year, I published an article entitled: The Anarchy of the Moment. In it I argued: “What makes this anarchy particularly disorienting is its ubiquitous character. In previous eras,…

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Highlight of the Week
09/11/2025
By The Defense.info Defense Analysis Team

The Complex Nexus: Narco-Trafficking Networks Between Latin America and Africa and China’s Growing Regional Influence

This article examines the evolving relationship between transnational narcotics trafficking networks connecting Latin America and Africa and China’s expanding economic and infrastructure presence in these regions. Drawing on current research…

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Video of the Week
09/30/2025
By Robbin Laird

Reimagining Maritime Security

Australia faces an extraordinary maritime security challenge that would overwhelm most nations. With 37,000 kilometers of coastline and an exclusive economic zone spanning 8.2 million square kilometers—larger than the continental…

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Interview of the Week
09/04/2025
By Robbin Laird

VADM Cheever on the Evolving Carrier Air Wing

In a recent USNI Proceedings Article, in an interview at Hook 25 and in discussion/presentation recently at CSIS, Vice Admiral Daniel “Undra” Cheever provided his perspective on the evolving carrier…

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Book Reviews

A Critical Look at Portugal and Its History

Review by Adelto Gonçalves

On Ernst Pijning’s Controlling Contraband Assessment of 18th Century Brazil

Review by Kenneth Maxwell

On Correcting the Historical Record: Ernst Pijning’s Assessment of the Role of Contraband Trade in 18th Century Brazil

Review by Adelto Gonçalves
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Op Eds: Danny’s Corner
07/08/2025

Perspectives on the BRICS Meeting: July 2025

By Kenneth Maxwell
06/02/2025

The High Cost of Appeasement: How Two Decades of Failed Deterrence Led to Ukraine and What It Means for Future Conflicts

By AD REFLEETANT
05/26/2025

The Policy-Making Crisis: Can We Shape Realistic Strategies?

By AD REFLEETANT
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Partner's Corner
07/21/2025
By Colin Clark

The AUKUS Debate in Australia: The Trump Catalyst

As President Donald Trump’s tariffs and demands for higher defense spending roil America’s Pacific allies, there is a growing chorus of foreign policy experts in Australia who are beginning to…

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Williams Foundation

Beyond Fight Tonight: Building Resilience and Capacity Across Defence and Industry

By By Robbin Laird

The ghost of inadequate preparation haunts modern military planning. Mrs. Marion Chapman’s 1949 letter to the Department of Air, lamenting her son’s death in the Pacific War, carries a haunting accusation that resonates today: “he, with others, was so poorly equipped, directed and eventually

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