National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Conference
11/13/2019
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Conference - Lunch Keynote: AI National Security and the Public-Private Partnership 11/05/10
An Update on the Japanese Self Defense Force
11/13/2019
By Eugene Gerden According to recent statements by senior representatives of the Japanese military as well as local defence analysts, Japan is steadily continuing along its path of active defence with the development of a new national defence budget for 2020. According to statements by the official spokesperson for the…
Providing Macronite to Revive the West
11/12/2019
By Robbin Laird In the United States, we have tweeting Trump and the impeaching House of Representatives; in Europe they have Macronite. We have had and continue to have a significant deluge of comments on President Trump and his approach to foreign policy with little that has a positive tinge…
The Williams Foundation Seminar on Fifth Generation Manoeuvre Requirements: Looking Ahead
11/12/2019
By Robbin Laird A week after the completion of the October 24, 2019 Williams Foundation Seminar, I had a chance to talk with Air Marshal (Retired) Geoff Brown about the main findings from the Seminar and the way ahead for the Seminar series. Question: What do you consider the main…
Visiting Checkpoint Charlie: Veterans Day, Armistice Day, and the 30 Year Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
11/11/2019
By Robbin Laird I am in Berlin today for the International Fighter Conference 2019 which starts tomorrow. I took the opportunity to revisit Checkpoint Charlie. It is now a museum, but also a testament to the will of the West to defend liberal democracy against the Soviet Union. I often…
Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-20: MAWTS-1
11/11/2019
An end of course video featuring the highlights of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-20 in Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 28, 2019. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation…
Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: “Losing Without Fighting”
11/10/2019
As John Blackburn has put it recently, if we do not pay much closer focus and care with regard to our supply chains, both civilian and military, we could find ourselves in the position of "losing with fighting." Air Vice Marshal (Retired) has focused much of his research and public…
Projecting Power with the F-35 in the Direct Defense of Australia
11/10/2019
By Marcus Hellyer One of the ironies of the current debate about how Australia should adjust its military strategy in light of the changing great-power balance in the Indo-Pacific is that many of the participants—regardless of their views on the future of US military power—make similar recommendations, namely, that Australia…