European Security Cooperation After Brexit
We have written several pieces over the past two years on the key question of what…
Read More »Sustaining the Fifth Generation Manoeuvre Force: The Durability Dimension
The most recent Williams Seminar focused on how to build a fifth generation manoeuvre force or…
Read More »Broadening the Concept of Direct Defense: Rethinking the Information Age and Defense
The September 2019 attacks on the Saudi oil production facilities impacted around 5% of the worlds…
Read More »Updates on Finnish Defense: Infrastructure Protection and the Next Phase of the Fighter Competition
The Finnish government is rebuilding its defense capability with a clear focus on the challenges from…
Read More »The Industry-Government Eco System and Shaping and Delivering ADF Fifth-Generation Manoeuvre Capabilities
The title of the Williams Foundation Seminar held on October 24, 2019 was “the requirements for…
Read More »BIDEC 2019: A Window into Bahraini Perspectives on Defense and Security
Last week, I had the chance to participate in the second annual Bahraini sponsored defense exhibition…
Read More »Communication Disruption Attacks in a Nuclear Context
The spread of nuclear weapons to second-tier countries (North Korea, Pakistan, Israel), and the modernization of…
Read More »France and Australia: The Odd Couple In Quest of a Strengthened Partnership
France and Australia are a long way off from one another geographically, and frankly, culturally. But…
Read More »Expanding the Aperture of Sustainability for the Force: The Case of the NUSHIP Stalwart
Recently, the Royal Australian Navy’s latest support tanker was launched in a ceremony in Ferrol, Spain…
Read More »Crafting Effective Logistics Readiness: A Core Combat Capability
Logistics readiness refers to the ability to undertake, to build up and thereafter to sustain, combat…
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