Canada’s Afghan Engagement: A Wasted Exercise?
Was Canada’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan, over roughly 13 years, a wasted exercise? Defence…
Read More »Next Generation Autonomous Systems
Background Since 2013 the Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminars have focused on building an integrated fifth…
Read More »Vietnam’s New Defense Whitepaper
Vietnam has just released its new defence white paper, 10 years after the last one was issued…
Read More »Powering a New Generation of Logistics Support: Electric Battlefields
When walking the floor at DSEI 2019 this year, I was struck by the volume of…
Read More »The Requirements of 5th Generation Manoeuvre: Implications for Force Design
Over the past 20 years the ADF has participated in numerous combat operations, gained insights, and…
Read More »The Australians Work “Amphibiosity”
Armed forces from Tonga and the ADF combined for an amphibious beach landing exercise in Nuku’alofa…
Read More »Australia–EU Cooperation on Counterterrorism
In a recent public lecture, former Australian foreign minister and outgoing chancellor of the Australian National…
Read More »The Implications of the Recent Canadian Federal Elections for Defense
It is probably a bit early to draw conclusions from the shift to a minority liberal…
Read More »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…
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