The Critical Challenge of Achieving Cost Effectiveness in Multi-domain Military Operations
06/12/2025 The Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar held on May 22, 2025, at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra examined the critical challenge of achieving cost effectiveness in multi-domain military operations. The event addressed how Australia can “build and maintain military forces that are both affordable and effective in an era where traditional strategic assumptions… Download PDF Now »The Convergence of Strategic Vision and Operational Reality: From GBU-57 Development to Modern Air Supremacy
06/28/2025
By Robbin Laird The recent operations Midnight Hammer and Rising Lion represent the culmination of decades of strategic airpower investment, demonstrating how prescient weapons development from the early 2000s enabled… Read more »
Blockchain in Missile Defense Technology
06/23/2025
By Debalina Ghoshal Modern warfare operates in an increasingly contested environment where adversaries possess not only advanced weapon systems but also sophisticated cyber capabilities that can disrupt critical defense technologies.… Read more »
The Taiwan-Phillipines-Japan Strategic Triangle
06/22/2025
While Taiwan tensions are often viewed through a U.S.-China lens, the gravest strategic consequences would fall on Japan and the Philippines. Chinese control of Taiwan would fundamentally alter the regional… Read more »
Europe’s Critical Infrastructure Under Siege: From Russian Threats to Chinese Investments
06/21/2025
By Robbin Laird In late 2020, Murielle Delaporte and I published our book entitled: The Return of Direct Defense in Europe: Meeting the Challenge of XXIst Century Authoritarian Powers. A… Read more »
Midnight on the Roof of the American Embassy: April 30, 1975
06/19/2025
Ambassador Kenneth Moorefield’s offers a first-person account of his experiences during the Vietnam War as both a soldier and a diplomat, culminating in his evacuation from the Saigon Embassy in 1975. The… Read more »
U.S. Marines in Iron Fist 2025: Strengthening Pacific Partnerships Through Bilateral Amphibious Operations
06/19/2025
The 2025 iteration of Exercise Iron Fist represents a significant milestone in U.S.-Japan military cooperation, with American Marines and Japanese forces conducting their largest bilateral amphibious training exercise in Japan’s… Read more »
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