The Strategic Shift and the Reset for Australian Defence and Security
04/26/2019The latest Williams Seminar held in Canberra on April 11, 2019 focused on the strategic shift for Australia within the context of the evolving global situation. Facing the rising challenges posed by the 21stcentury authoritarian states, and by the changing nature of alliances in the Pacific and in Europe, Australia needs to enhance its sovereign… Download PDF Now »A Look Back at the Remarkable US-Brazilian Military Relationship
05/19/2019By Kenneth Maxell Frank D. McCann, professor of history emeritus at the University of New Hampshire, has long been an observer of US-Brazilian military relationships. He knows both sides very… Read more »
The Decade Ahead for Europe: An EU Perspective
05/15/2019By Robbin Laird Clearly, Europe is in crisis. In my own view, it faces a double constitutional crisis. Brexit is an internal constitutional crisis in the “United” Kingdom and poses… Read more »
Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019
05/14/2019A Joint Task Force consisting of up to four ships, maritime patrol aircraft and more than 1,200 personnel from the Australian Defence Force are deployed on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019, a… Read more »
Competitive Cross-Learning: The 21st Century Authoritarian Powers and the Liberal Democracies
05/12/2019By Robbin Laird The Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy underscored the return of great power competition. By so doing, they did focus much more on the world as it is,… Read more »
Shaping an Integrated at Sea Force: The Case of the New Build Australian Off-Shore Patrol Vessels
05/12/2019By Robbin Laird Two broad findings can be drawn from my five years of visiting Australia and working with the Australian Defence Force. The first is that they are very… Read more »
The Venezuelan Crisis: The Humanitarian Engagement
05/10/2019By Ed Timperlake As the Guaidó forces on the streets of Venezuela were losing the tactical battle, a strategic defeat was rapidly approaching, that is until the president made an… Read more »
Warlords Fly at MCAS Beaufort Air Show
04/29/2019We had a chance to attend the 2019 Beaufort MCAS Airshow on Friday, April 26, 2019. A visit the day before with the CO of the Warlords provided the framework… Read more »
