Beyond the Battlefield: War as a Phase, Not an Endpoint
A still-common view of war treats it as a parenthesis: first comes competition among states, then…
Read More »Strategic Military Lessons from Ukraine and Israel
War is evolving from a competition between armed forces into a competition between complex national systems.…
Read More »Land Power in the Littoral Age: Rethinking the Australian Army’s Strategic Purpose
A recent essay published on The Cove, the Australian Army’s professional development platform, poses a question…
Read More »The Necessary Resilience: How to Defend Western Society in the Age of Permanent Conflict
The distinction between peace and war has gradually blurred. States can be attacked without a single…
Read More »The New Epoch: Why Old Questions Cannot Answer Today’s Strategic Reality
The post-Cold War order is over. Not weakened, not under stress, not in need of reform.…
Read More »The Iran War and the Chokepoint Reckoning: What CIMSEC’s Series Confirms About the Coming Naval Order
The Center for International Maritime Security has just closed out a two-week series on the U.S.-Iran…
Read More »Cultivating the Chaos Navigator
The global security environment has not entered a period of elevated risk. It has entered a…
Read More »IBCS at the Crossroads: What Four Decades of Transformation History Tell Us About Why This System Cannot Be Replaced
Part One of this series laid out the operational case for the Integrated Battle Command System…
Read More »The Malacca Chessboard: And Shaping a Way Ahead for Deterrence
When Washington and Jakarta unveiled a new “Major Defense Cooperation Partnership” in mid‑April 2026, the language…
Read More »Three Webs at Malacca: From Architecture to Operational Reality
The emerging U.S. posture at the Strait of Malacca represents more than incremental security cooperation or…
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