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ISSUES & TRENDS

Beijing, North Korea and the Escalating Threat (Updated)

Posted on February 18, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
02/18/2017
Relying on the PRC’s best efforts to constrain DPRK, if they are willing, will not deliver “Peace for our time.”
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

Norway, National Defense and Allied Collaboration: The Next Phase

Posted on February 17, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
02/17/2017
"We have to take Northern European defense seriously in the wake of Russian actions, capabilities and unpredictability"
Posted in Strategy, What's New

The Norwegian Airpower Conference, 2017: Shaping a Way Ahead for Norwegian and Northern Tier Defense

Posted on February 16, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
02/16/2017
What one saw with the Norwegian presentations and discussions was a clear focus on shaping a new approach to national defense.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Social Turbulence and Promise Lost: The Case of Two Scholars of Brazilian History and the 1960s

Posted on February 16, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
02/16/2017
To read today’s press you would think that the coming of Donald Trump is a shock beyond recognition.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

The Challenge of Shaping a 21st Century Integrated Force for the Extended Defense of Norway: The Perspective of Lt. General Rune Jakobsen

Posted on February 16, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
02/16/2017
The commander of the Norwegian Joint Forces underscored the crucial need to have a very credible and high threshold against any power that thought about attacking Norway.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

F-22 at Red Flag 2017-1

Posted on February 16, 2017 | by Caroline Teames
02/16/2017
Video:F-22 at Red Flag 2017-1
Posted in Con Ops, HOME, Video | Tagged 1st Fighter Wing, 27th Fighter Squadron, F-22, F-22A Raptor, Langley Air Force Base, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Red Flag 2017, Virginia

Canada, National Defense and Article III of the NATO Treaty: Canada in Default?

Posted on February 16, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
02/16/2017
Canada needs to pay regards to Article III if it wants Article V protection.  
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

F-35 at Red Flag: Renorming of Airpower in Process

Posted on February 15, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
02/15/2017
Lessons being learned at Red Flag 17-1.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New
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