By Pierre Tran Paris - Britain and Germany have pledged to boost military spending in response to Russia’s bloody advance on Ukraine and uncertainty about U.S. defense efforts in Europe, sparking questions on how those funds will be found and what the rearmament drives will yield. Those two allied nations…
By Robbin Laird and Kenneth Maxwell In today's rapidly evolving global order, middle powers find themselves in an increasingly complex position as they balance economic opportunity against strategic independence. Two nations, Australia and Brazil, offer a fascinating case study in how different countries are responding to China's rise while pursuing…
By Pierre Tran Paris - There have been few national orders for French military aircraft and space systems since the start of the year, following a drop of a third in domestic defense aerospace orders last year from 2023, Guillaume Faury, chair of Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales…
By Robbin Laird We have been publishing for several years. This is our 16th year of publication. We started as a single Franco-American website, and now we have three, two in the United States and one in France. A magazine which has been published for many years and is a…
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake Journalist Kate Woodsome has been laser-focused on a key challenge facing democracy in the United States and, frankly, within liberal democracies more generally: the growing inability of social and political tribes to talk with one another. In fact, the impacts of the pandemic on…
By Pierre Tran Paris - The French Air Force has requested a faster delivery of Rafale jets to replace the Mirage 2000-5 fighters due to be sent to Ukraine, the air chief of staff, General Jérôme Bellanger, told the Association des Journalistes Defense, a press club, on November 20, 2024.…
By John Blaxland There’s an understandable inclination at first blush to see the U.S. presidential election outcome as auguring difficult times ahead on the global stage. President elect Donald Trump’s iconoclastic rhetoric on Ukraine, Gaza, Taiwan, tariffs and more in the lead-up to the election, coupled with his transactional approach…
By Robbin Laird In 2015, I wrote an article asking the question of what era in American politics did the 2016 election remind me of? I answered in part that perhaps the 1890s and the collapse of the main stream parties and their re-alignment was the best analogy. The force…
