2017-08-25 By Robbin Laird Last year I had a chance to talk with the Commander of the Surveillance Response Group Air Commodore Craig Heap about the way ahead for this unique and key part of the RAAF. In our discussion, he argued that the aperture needed to be opened on…
2017-08-22 By Danny Lam Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich believing that he settled the Czechoslovakian problem, “Peace for our time”. Chamberlain earnestly believed that Hitler was like any other European statesman who is core concern is the survival of the Nazi German regime, and the rapid pace of…
2017-08-25 By Robbin Laird There seems to be a growing and vast literature on Brexit: pro and con, and increasingly framing the negotiations and the way ahead. And this could prove to be longer than many people believe. Article 50, the exit clause, in the European treaty, allows for continued…
2017-08-21 By Robbin Laird During the current visit to Australia, I had a chance to talk with the newly appointed Air Commander Australia, Air Vice-Marshal Zed Roberton. I have had the chance to talk with him before so this meeting was more in the mode of continuing the conversation and…
2017-08-21 By Kenneth Maxwell The long and troubled legacy of slavery unfolded again last weekend in Charlottesville, which is the home of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson designed its Rotunda. His recently restored statue stands before it. This is where the white "nationalists" marched with their burning torches, as…
2017-08-18 By Robbin Laird During my current trip to Australia, I had a chance to talk again with the Air Mobility Commander of the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Commodore Richard Lennon. We last met earlier this year at Amberley Airbase. During that visit, Air Commodore Richard Lennon, the head…
08/23/2017: Marines assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron 2 test the capabilities of the new AN/TPS-80 aviation radar system during a field exercise at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, August 1, 2017. There are only two AN/TPS-80 [G/ATOR] radar systems actively used within the United States Marine Corps today. The new…
2017-08-21 By Robbin Laird During recent conversations with Ross Babbage in the United States and then Australia, we discussed the dynamics of change in the global environment and the challenges posed to the liberal democracies by the illiberal powers. Ross is a well-known and well regarded Australian strategist with significant…
