Dave Blair
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
October 2, 2020
The Southern Flank of NATO: Strategy-Making on Rocky Ground
The Southern Flank of NATO, 1951-1959: Military Strategy or Political Stabilization . Dionysios Chourchoulis.
Dave Blair • RealClearDefense
Cyber Warfare
October 2, 2020
Lombardi's War: Formation Play-Calling and the Intellectual Property Ecology
This essay is part of the #WarBots series, which asked a group of academics and national security professionals to provide their thoughts on the...
Dave Blair • RealClearDefense
Air Warfare
October 3, 2020
Airpower Beyond the Last Red Button
THINKING ABOUT CAUSALITY: THE SPEAR, THE ARROW, AND THE SHURIKEN “Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler. ” — Variant of Ockham’s Razor,...
Dave Blair • RealClearPolitics
Military Personnel
September 13, 2015
The Three Streams of Leadership
“But it ain’t all buttons and charts, little albatross. You know what the first rule of flyin’ is?
Dave Blair • RealClearPolitics
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