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Strategy

Shaping a 21st Century Defense Strategy: The Norwegian Way Ahead

Posted on January 16, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
01/16/2017
Norway is enhancing its core defense capabilities for national and coalition purposes.
Posted in Con Ops, Strategy, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Coming to Grips With a Strategic Shift: From Non-Proliferation to Strategic Deterrence in the Second Nuclear Age

Posted on January 15, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
01/15/2017
The second nuclear age calls for a fresh look at the structures, dynamics, and processes of a world order that many did not want to see come about.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

UK Shapes Regional Defense Hubs as Part of Global Engagement Strategy

Posted on January 15, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
01/15/2017
The UK Minister of Defence highlights the key role for Britain of the expansion of the Ministry of Defence’s overseas network.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Towards Breakout in the South China Sea: The PRC Shapes a Way Ahead

Posted on January 8, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
01/08/2017
The PRC have so far, gotten away with every move they made in the South China Sea. So what is their way ahead?
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Moscow, Washington and Shaping a Way Ahead

Posted on January 5, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
01/05/2017
The challenge of working with Moscow and shaping a way ahead.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

From Counter-Piracy to Piracy: The Strategic Direction of the Chinese Navy

Posted on December 18, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
12/18/2016
The low end of the ROMO spectrum for the USN-USMC team is humanitarian assistance; for the PLN it is piracy.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Trump’s Indian Opportunity

Posted on December 17, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
12/17/2016
US Ambassador to the UN, designate, Haley could help Trump deepen relations with India.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

The PRC’s “Great Wall of Sand:” Remembering Tarawa Atoll

Posted on December 15, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
12/15/2016
It is important to take the PRC offensive seriously.
Posted in Strategy, What's New
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