The Strategic Context for the North Carolina-based Marines and Their Transformation
Recently, I had a chance to visit Camp Lejeune and talk with the leadership of IIMEF.…
Read More »The British and French Carriers: Debates and Considerations
Paris – France has lacked a real debate on whether the navy should have an aircraft…
Read More »The French Strategic Review Update 2021: A Call for Cohesion Among Allies
In the United States, and especially whenever a new administration comes to power, the process of…
Read More »Enhancing South Korean Crisis Management Capabilities: A Key Deterrent Capability
In my last piece I argued that “the crisis management aspect of South Korean defense has…
Read More »Shaping Capabilities for the Crisis Management Piece for South Korean Defense
With the kind of authoritarian powers against which we are competing, the old strategies need to…
Read More »How to Think About Next Generation Autonomous Systems in the Evolving Defense Landscape: The Perspective of Marcus Hellyer
The recent Williams Foundation Seminar on Next Generation Autonomous Systems (NGAS) provided insights with regard to…
Read More »How Australia Can Aid in the Defense of Taiwan
Debates about Taiwan policy often end in a moral impasse. Those focused on preserving peace in…
Read More »The Iranian-Chinese Agreement: A Game Changer?
The signing of a 25-year cooperation agreement between the oil-rich and regionally influential, but US sanctioned, Islamic Republic…
Read More »Australia’s Quest for Enhanced Defense Sovereignty
I have been coming to Australia since 2014 to write the report for the Williams Foundation,…
Read More »Sustaining the Kill Web with Comprehensive Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
The need to have more knowledge than the adversary is as old as warfare itself. Well…
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