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There is no doubt that Industry 4.0 has driven dramatic changes in the manufacturing of products,…
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U.S. AFRICOM Commander Gen. Stephen Townsend, testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on…
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The war in Ukraine is a clear reminder of how deadly dealing with nuclear armed authoritarian…
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On February 27, 2022, the German chancellor announced a turnabout in German defense in response to…
Read More »Australia’s Perilous Over-Dependence on Imported Fuel
When it comes to fuel, Australia does not have an forward-thinking national security and resilience strategy.…
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Central and Eastern Europe has lived in Russia’s shadow for years – even in the 1990s,…
Read More »Recovering the U.S. Military’s Russian Expertise
When I went to Columbia University for my PhD starting in 1969, one of the nation’s…
Read More »Germany’s U-Turn on Defense and Security
During my 2018 trip to Germany to focus on how Germany was addressing the new…
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