Traditional crisis management, scenario prediction, linear cause‑and‑effect, and efficiency‑optimized structures, is presented as inadequate in such conditions. Instead, the book proposes a shift to chaos management, defined as building adaptive capacity so that organizations can maintain operational coherence and learn faster than both adversaries and the surrounding turbulence. This adaptive…
Australia’s “fight tonight” question has become urgent. Fight Tonight: Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage distils the 23 April 2026 Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar, where practitioners, commanders, industry and allies examined what the ADF can actually deploy, sustain and adapt in the opening weeks of a major Indo‑Pacific conflict. The report…
The book Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars analyzes military transformation as it is actually experienced by operational forces rather than as it is described in policy documents, tracing the evolution of air and maritime power from the Revolution in Military Affairs era to today’s…
“Always Ready, Persistently Under‑Resourced” examines how the modern U.S. Coast Guard has been transformed since 9/11 into a globally engaged, multi‑mission security force, while remaining chronically misaligned between assigned missions and available resources. The book opens with a first‑person account of 9/11 at the Pentagon, using that experience to frame…
We are not living through a passing disturbance. We are living through the Age of Chaos — a systemic transition from one global order to another whose destination remains fiercely contested. The familiar language of a “rules-based international order” trending toward liberal norms no longer describes the world that democratic…
Lesson from the Drone Wars argues that the “drone wars” mark a wider transformation in warfare, where intelligent mass, mesh networks, and maritime autonomous systems are reshaping force design, deterrence, and operations on land and at sea. It emphasizes that drones do not replace traditional platforms but rewire combined‑arms operations…
Ken Maxwell’s book on 18th Century Globalization argues that the American Revolution did far more than create a new nation; it ignited an eighteenth‑century globalization of political ideas that linked Philadelphia, Paris, Lisbon, and the mining towns of Minas Gerais in Brazil into a single, contested revolutionary space. At the…
Robbin F. Laird’s Fight Tonight Force book to be published January 10, 2026, explores the urgent necessity for democratic nations, notably Australia, to transition from long-term planning to immediate combat readiness. The book emphasizes that modern conflicts are won through rapid adaptation and the integration of current assets rather than…
