The Strange Fate of HMLA-269: A Phoenix Squadron
On November 10, 2022, we learn that “Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Nov.…
Read More »Strategic Redesign, the 3 Ns and the Osprey
You have heard of the USMC’s Force Design, but there is even a more significant challenge…
Read More »Poland Confronts Illegal Migration: Hybrid War and How to Protect Their Borders?
In the past two years, Poland has started to struggle with a problem that is entirely…
Read More »President Biden’s Missed Strategic Opportunity: The 80th Anniversary of D-Day
In the early 1990s, I worked on a study of the new Slavic states, namely Belarus…
Read More »The Russo-Ukrainian War in Clausewitzian Perspective: June 2024 Update
Battlefield realities of the Russo-Ukrainian War provide a model to measure the continued applicability of dominant…
Read More »America in 2024: Challenges in Re-shaping its Global Strategy
Recently, I talked with Dr. Harald Malmgren and focused on how he viewed the major challenges…
Read More »The Strategic Shift in Australian Defence Requires a Shift in the Approach for Australian Defence Industry
To achieve the kind of resilience and sustainability which Australia requires in dealing with the threat…
Read More »An Update on MAWTS-1: The Perspective of the Outgoing and Incoming Commanding Officers, May 2024
On the day before the change of command at MAWTS-1, I had a chance to talk…
Read More »Transparency in Arms Support to Ukraine: Missing in Action?
Throughout the U.S. effort to support war-torn Ukraine, Republican politicians asked where the money was going…
Read More »RPAs, Autonomous Systems and How to Strengthen the ADF in the Next 3-5 Years
The Australian government is shifting resources from the Air Force and the Army and from the…
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