By Robbin Laird In this first article in my series highlighting my recent discussion with BG (Retired) Preziosa. we discussed the importance of enhanced cooperation among European states in delivering integrated combat power in times of crisis. In that initial piece Preziosa warned that both the new NATO and EU…
Lt. Col. Ryan "Voodoo" Worrell, Commander of the 356th EFS, talks about working jointly with the Republic of Korea pilot counterparts. SOUTH KOREA 07.08.2022 Video by Senior Airman Jack LeGrand DMA AFN Pacific Media Bureau-Korea
By Paul Bracken While media attention focuses on the military and humanitarian aspects of the war in Ukraine the huge implications for multinational corporations get very little attention. Two major themes stand out here. First, many companies will be swept up in the impassioned media stories of the war and…
U.S. Marines with Marine Forces Special Operations Command conduct night operations with an MV-22B Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365, during Exercise Raven (RavenEx) 22-5 at Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, May 14, 2022. VMM-365 provided assault support for MARSOC during a pre-deployment training exercise to…
By Robert Czulda Since February 2022, the world's attention has been focused on the Russian aggression against Ukraine. But once again we see a dangerous escalation in the Taiwan Strait. This is a direct result of imperialist appetites of the PRC, who considers Taiwan, formally known as the Republic of…
By John Coyne Recently, ASPI researcher Albert Zhang shone a spotlight on a sophisticated Chinese Communist Party information campaign targeting rare earths and Australian company Lynas. This research has powerful implications for those policymakers seeking to create resilient supplies of rare-earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals. REEs are a group of 17…
Naval Air Station Lemoore Public Works Officer Cmdr. Greg Woods discusses what NAVFAC Southwest Public Works at NAS Lemoore does to support the Fleet, NAS Lemoore's mission, future, and the many successful developments at NAS Lemoore. 06.08.2022 Video by Mario Icari Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest
By William Leben The British Army’s main effort is now mobilisation to deter Russian aggression, and it must accept ‘ruthless prioritisation’ to this end, General Sir Patrick Sanders has said. Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute’s Land Warfare Conference in London, the British Chief of the General Staff (CGS) articulated his army’s…