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A controversial idea: Jets for Ukraine in exchange for treaty talks with Moscow

A controversial idea: Jets for Ukraine in exchange for treaty talks with Moscow
A controversial idea: Jets for Ukraine in exchange for treaty talks with Moscow

Giving excess fighter jets to Ukraine now will help ensure its safety in the future – but the NATO nations should have strings attached, write Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake.

Bombers Best Bet For Aussie Deterrence Of China

Bombers Best Bet For Aussie Deterrence Of China
Bombers Best Bet For Aussie Deterrence Of China

“I think long-range strike is about trying to keep stability in a crisis situation. And if you’re going to use it as a deterrence,” former Air Marshal Geoff Brown says. “It’s got to be responsive, it’s got to be potent, but you’ve also got to be able to signal that you can use it.”

Supporting Australia To Deter China Helps America

Supporting Australia To Deter China Helps America
Supporting Australia To Deter China Helps America

  As the Biden administration focuses on ways to improve deterrence in the Pacific, reenforcing Australia’s defense against China is a good place to start. Working closely with Australia now can send an important message to Beijing that political intimidation, backed by economic and military threats, is not in its long-term interest. For those not…

Army Air & Missile Defense Faces The Future

Army Air & Missile Defense Faces The Future
Army Air & Missile Defense Faces The Future

“If something kicks off, we’re the first ones to see it,” the sergeants told us. “We’re the first ones to react. And you’re on the line, they’re coming after you.”

Army Boosts Air Defense, Key To Joint & Allied Fight

Army Boosts Air Defense, Key To Joint & Allied Fight
Army Boosts Air Defense, Key To Joint & Allied Fight

The shift from low-intensity land wars and the concepts of operations associated with them to getting ready for higher tempo and higher intensity operations are key to the transformation of U.S. and allied forces.  The challenge facing the liberal democracies was well put in a recent presentation by a senior Finnish defense official: “The timeline…

Is Trump, Information Warrior, Key To Defeating Daesh (ISIL)?

Is Trump, Information Warrior, Key To Defeating Daesh (ISIL)?
Is Trump, Information Warrior, Key To Defeating Daesh (ISIL)?

President-elect Trump has promised to destroy Daesh. If Trump wants to avoid being the third Administration in succession to sink into the morass of the Middle East, it is essential to first ask what declaring victory would look like. Part of the West’s challenge is rooted in that Daesh is a brand inside a religion and…

Taiwan, Trump, & The Pacific Defense Grid: Towards Deterrence In Depth

Taiwan, Trump, & The Pacific Defense Grid: Towards Deterrence In Depth
Taiwan, Trump, & The Pacific Defense Grid: Towards Deterrence In Depth

The phone call between President-elect Trump and the President of Taiwan sent shock waves through the diplomatic community. But it is time to turn the page and include Taiwan in shaping a 21st century deterrence strategy for Pacific defense. The People’s Republic of China has made it clear that the regime is moving out into…

Rear Adm. Manazir Speaks On Allied Force Transformation, A2AD

Rear Adm. Manazir Speaks On Allied Force Transformation, A2AD
Rear Adm. Manazir Speaks On Allied Force Transformation, A2AD

Recently, Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson drove home the point that using the term Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD), was too vague as to be useful to define the effort of US and allied forces to deal with peer competitors. “The term ‘denial,’ as in anti-access/area denial is too often taken as a fait accompli,”…

Hawk Carlisle On The Way Ahead: DE, EW, Data

Hawk Carlisle On The Way Ahead: DE, EW, Data
Hawk Carlisle On The Way Ahead: DE, EW, Data

  Gen. Hawk Carlisle has been at the center of global allied operations for several years, first at Pacific Air Forces and now at Air Combat Command. Recently, we interviewed him at Langley AFB, home of Air Combat Command. During his watch, several new combat assets have come to play in Middle East operations. “Each of the…

NORTHCOM: Defending North America At Ten And Two O’clock

NORTHCOM: Defending North America At Ten And Two O’clock
NORTHCOM: Defending North America At Ten And Two O’clock

  In less than three years, Northern Command has witnessed an important strategic shift. North Korea’s leadership changed and the acceleration of their nuclear weapons and missiles program are changing the strategic calculus for the United States and Canada. Meanwhile, the re-launch of Russia under President Putin has Russia’s presence felt in the Middle East, Asia…

Challenges for Military Sealift Command: The Distributed Fleet

Challenges for Military Sealift Command: The Distributed Fleet
Challenges for Military Sealift Command: The Distributed Fleet

Sen. John McCain recently went after the Jones Act again. In an amendment to bill S.2012,  the “Energy Modernization Act of 2015, McCain argues that the Jones Act is an “antiquated law” that hinders free trade and raises prices for American consumers. What the senator ignores is the impact of the legislation on Military Sealift Command. The…

F-22, Typhoon, Rafale: Lessons From The Trilateral Wargame

F-22, Typhoon, Rafale: Lessons From The Trilateral Wargame
F-22, Typhoon, Rafale: Lessons From The Trilateral Wargame

As former Air Force Chief of Staff “Buzz” Moseley once declared, “there is not a place on the face of the earth that the USAF will not fight their way into.” But this aspiration has been complicated by 15 years of fighting low-end opponents like the Taliban even as peer adversaries like China and Russia…

Reach & Punch: RADM Manazir On The Future Of Naval Airpower

Reach & Punch: RADM Manazir On The Future Of Naval Airpower
Reach & Punch: RADM Manazir On The Future Of Naval Airpower

The sea and the sky above it are becoming more dangerous for US forces. Even terrorist groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State have access to anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, let alone great powers like Russia and China. But the US Navy and Marines recognize this “anti-access/area denial” challenge and are reshaping their forces to…

Arab Spring To Paris Fall: A Strategic Shift in the Works

Arab Spring To Paris Fall: A Strategic Shift in the Works
Arab Spring To Paris Fall: A Strategic Shift in the Works

President Francois Hollande of France arrives Tuesday in Washington for talks with President Obama. Top of the list will be how much America is willing to commit to destroying Daesh, the terrorist group we used to call ISIL. Robbin Laird, Ed Timperlake and Harald Malmgren explore in detail what America’s options are, what France wants and…

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