04/27/2017: Able Seaman Luke Menz of Australia’s Federation Guard, will read a WWI soldier’s letter during the Anzac Day Dawn Service ceremony at Villers-Bretonneux, in France. On Anzac Day, we remember not only the original Anzacs who died on 25 April 1915, but every one of our service men and women…
2017-04-13 By Robbin Laird During my current visit to Australia, I had a chance to discuss with one of Australia’s leading strategists, current strategic dynamics in the region. Given the priority upon North Korean developments, we focused largely upon this aspect of regional dynamics. After all, it is the most near…
2017-04-16 By Robbin Laird During my current visit to Australia, I had a chance to meet with Major General (Retired) Jim Molan. He is a frequent commentator in the press and on the media generally defense issues and given the significant dynamics of change in Asia and the coming of…
2017-04-08 By Danny Lam The top diplomats of both countries scripted the meeting between President Trump and Xi in order to avoid seemingly obvious problems that would obviously embarrass President Xi. They wanted to avoid previous incidents such as when Fanlungong disrupted a press conference with President Hu Jintao and…
2017-04-08 By James Durso Every year official and unofficial Washington, D.C. spends a lot of time and money trying to divine the next big trouble spots. Often called “failed states” or “fragile states”, they are scrutinized and the candidates for this dubious distinction wind up in serious tomes by think…
2017-03-24 By Harald Malmgren It is early days for President Trump and his Administration. He was elected to shape a new strategic direction for the US government and economy. A change in direction cannot be made by a President alone. To achieve the goals on which he campaigned, Trump needs…
2017-04-01 According to defenceWeb, the next stop on the visit of a Russian naval task force has been Nambia. The Russian Federation Navy’s Northern Fleet detachment is currently in Namibia on a historic visit. The detachment paid its first ever visit to Namibia on 25 March, docking in Walvis Bay. The…
2017-04-01 According to a story by defenceWeb, the German military has added its Tiger helicopters to the Mali operation. On 25 March the first two German Tiger attack helicopters arrived in Gao in northern Mali, where they joined the United Nations (UN) mission there. They arrived in Gao after covering…
