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U.S. Air Force

October 2, 2020

India's Next Fighter?

To observers of India's defense environment, the country's procurement process is a deeply bureaucratized labyrinth of incompetence and...

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Indo-Pacific/Asia

October 2, 2020

India's Puzzling MiG Deal With Malaysia

Some defense agreements make strategic sense from a long-term view, and some make sense from an immediate stop-gap perspective. Then there are others...

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Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

Sweden Confronts Strategic Reality With Return of Conscription

Sweden's governing class has taken a slow, ponderous route toward its present geopolitical reality. Prodded along on each step of its journey by a...

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Indo-Pacific/Asia

October 3, 2020

The Indian Ocean: Emerging Great Power Competition

As the global nexus of power continues shifting from West to East, so too do intermingling pressures evoking the savage conflicts of the previous...

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Military Strategy

October 3, 2020

Sweden's Re-militarization of Gotland is Both Symbolic and Strategic

Sometimes it takes just a small step to leave a big imprint. For Sweden, the forward positioning of troops to the Baltic Sea island of Gotland marks...

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Indo-Pacific/Asia

August 31, 2015

Is the SCO Emerging as Eastern Counterweight to NATO?

As tensions between Russia and NATO continue to percolate along Europe's eastern periphery, another development has quietly emerged along the vast...

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Defense Budget

May 30, 2015

Questions as Australia's Latest Defense Figures Unveiled

As it prepared to unveil its latest budget on May 12, the center-right Coalition government under the stewardship of Prime Minister Tony Abbott faced...

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U.S. Air Force

May 9, 2015

If at First You Don't Succeed: Switzerland Plans Re-launch of F-5 Tiger Fighter Replacement Program

Almost one year after Swiss voters rejected a proposal to purchase 22 Swedish-built Gripen E combat aircraft to replace the Swiss Air Force's aging...

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Military Strategy

April 29, 2015

Poland Makes a Surprise Helicopter Choice

The news on April 21 that Poland had selected the Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal as its preferred military utility helicopter platform came as a bit...

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

April 10, 2015

The Persistent Dream of an EU Army

It is an idea that filters through European bureaucratic circles at regular intervals – one with a scant chance of coming to fruition. Yet the dream...

Daniel Darling • RealClearPolitics

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