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Strategy

The RAAF’s Air Combat Group: Middle East Operations and the Way Ahead

Posted on September 23, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/23/2015
The head of the Air Combat Group discusses recent RAAF experience in the Middle East as well as the way ahead for the fighter force.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

First Australian-Indian Bilateral Naval Exercise

Posted on September 23, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
09/23/2015
The Australians and Indians have held their first joint naval exercise.
Posted in Strategy, What's New | Tagged AP-3C, Arunta, AUSINDEX15, Australia, Australian-Indian Bilateral Naval Exercise, inaugural bilateral maritime exercise, india, Prashanth Parameswaran, Ranvijayi, Royal Australian Air Force, Shakti, Sheean, Shivalik, Sirius, Visakhapatnam

Shaping a Kurdish Opportunity: Broadening the Aperture of Close Air Support Against Isis Forces

Posted on September 22, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/22/2015
Working with the Kurds to establish an airbase for CAS now and transitioning to a Super Tucano force for the future provides strategic options.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

An Update on the Evolving Situation in Iraq: An Interview with Joseph Kassab

Posted on September 18, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/18/2015
The problem for the US and its allies is simply that the Peshmerga know how to fight; the Iraqi government does not.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

The Challenge for Independent Defense Journalism

Posted on September 18, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/18/2015
Declining support for the non-partisan, unbiased influence of defence and security publications is troubling..
Posted in Strategy, What's New

The Impact of a Chinese Hard Economic Landing

Posted on August 29, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
08/29/2015
In the Spring of 2012, Harald Malmgren wrote about the coming Chinese hard economic landing which anticipated current events.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Shaping Deterrence in Depth Strategy: The Key Role of Focused Partnerships and Multilateralism

Posted on August 26, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
08/26/2015
In an interview with William Wesley, who works partnerships for PACFLEET, the way ahead in working collective security and defense in the Pacific is the focus of attention.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, Strategy, What's New

Shaping a 21st Century Pacific Force: Perspectives from PACFLEET

Posted on August 24, 2015 | by SysAdmin
08/24/2015
PACFLEET is focused on shaping a more effective force, one which can operate over an extended battlespace.
Posted in Strategy, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New
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