Key Developments

Shaping the Future of Airpower: Integration, Innovation, and Institutional Transformation

02/10/2026
By Robbin Laird

Our new airpower evolution report examines five interconnected developments that collectively reveal how American and allied…

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Assault Support Transformation: A Discussion with MAG-16 Commanders

02/08/2026
By Robbin Laird

Marine Aircraft Group 16 commanders, gathered during exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar,…

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Guam and the Marianas: Engineering Resilience Through Security Webs, Deterrence Webs, and Kill Webs

02/06/2026
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

Guam’s transformation from vulnerable forward base to distributed network hub represents a shift in defense thinking…

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From Strategy to Diplomacy: Colby’s Seoul Speech and the Operationalization of Flexible Realism

02/05/2026
By Robbin Laird

Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby’s January 26 remarks at Seoul’s Sejong Institute represent…

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The Osprey Nacelle Revolution: How Operators and Industry Solved a Crisis That Washington Never Saw Coming

02/04/2026
By Robbin Laird

When you spend enough time with maintainers in the fleet rather than briefing officers in the…

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The Anarchy of the Moment: Australia’s Race Between Military Transformation and Strategic Vulnerability

02/03/2026
By Robbin Laird

Australia faces a strategic paradox that defines its defense transformation in the 2020s: the Australian Defence…

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Special Reports
Book Review
02/08/2026
I have had the privilege of editing the latest book of Professor Maxwell which is being released at a very propitious time: The 250th anniversary of the American revolution. Kenneth Maxwell's 18th Century Globalization: The American Revolutionary Ideal Comes to...
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