Key Developments
From Hosting to Co-Invention: The USMC and the Australian Army in Evolution
The contemporary relationship between the United States Marine Corps and the Australian Army has quietly outgrown…
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 »The M-346 at Farnborough 2026: The Block 20 Story Continues
When I wrote Training for the High-End Fight, I gave Leonardo’s Block 20 program for the…
Read More »The Hybrid Fleet Concept: Taking a Hard Look at the Way Ahead
I read the critique of the UK’s Hybrid Navy concept when it was published, and I…
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 Hybrid Navy Gamble: Why Britain’s Drone-Heavy Fleet Plan Is Drawing Fire
When the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence unveiled its Defence Investment Plan (DIP) on 30 June…
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Book Review
07/26/2026
John Blaxland's The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard (Cambridge University Press, 2014) is, on its surface, a work of institutional history. It covers 35 years from Gough Whitlam's election in 1972 to John Howard's defeat in 2007 and catalogues...
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