By Michael W. Wright and David Jimenez If you could go back in time, would you have chosen fossil fuels as the energy source for the 20th century? Wouldn't you have liked to look at the actual lifetime costs to the planet and, by proxy, to the economy? In some…
According a recently posted video by The Wall Street Journal on May 16, 2022, the subject was addressed of how the two states joining NATO would impact the organization. We have focused for several years on how the Nordic defense dynamics are part of the reshaping od direct defense…
By LGen (ret) Michel Maisonneuve U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Kyiv on April 24th to provide support and highlight the determination of the U.S. to stand with Ukraine as Russia’s invasion continues its attempt to conquer a free country. Austin stated “We want to see Russia weakened so that it…
By Robbin Laird When the Chancellor of Germany announced at the end of February 2022 the need for Germany to up its defense spending and to shape a new approach to defense, perhaps a new phase in German defense is underway. But overcoming the atrophy of strategic culture, and a…
By Robbin Laird The March 24, 2022, Williams Foundation Seminar on “Accelerating the Transition to a Networked, Integrated Force” provided perspectives of core allies of Australia which assessed the state of current affairs with regard to such a force and providing insights with regard to the way ahead. Because the…
Recently, the Solomon Islands leadership announced a security arrangement with China. As noted by The Economist in an article published on April 2, 2022: "To the alarm of Australia and New Zealand, the Solomon Islands has reached a security agreement with China. The prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, confirmed this on…
by Pierre Tran Paris - It looks like Kremlin’s bloody advance through Ukraine has boosted Europe’s resolve to forge its own operational defense and security identity. The European Union added Feb. 24 a redrafted forward to its Strategic Compass policy paper on defense and security to refer to the Russian…
By James Durso The U.S. and its main Persian Gulf partners, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have had a falling out in recent days. The causes are both immediate and long-term and each party feels the blame lies with those ingrates on the other…
