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What Iran Didn’t Learn in the Past Year
A special assessment of how sub-optimal Iranian learning and adaptation helped pave the way for Israel’s current take down of the Iran’s nuclear…
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The Expanding Campaign
My regular update on global conflict. This week, Israel's expanding campaign against Iran, updates from Ukraine and the Pacific theatres as well as my…
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Rising Lion Continues
A special assessment containing insights as well as questions about the ongoing Israel-Iran war.
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Israel Strikes Iran: Operation Rising Lion
Some initial questions and conclusions about today's strike by Israel against targets in Iran, called Operation Rising Lion, and the potential for more…
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The Big Five - 8 June edition
My regular update on global conflict. This week, a Pacific-focus with the Trump-Xi call, Chinese spies in Taiwan and a detailed look at Taiwan’s…
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The Future of Military Deception
A new report on the future of deception in military operations, which I co-wrote with Peter Singer, has been released today.
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The Lessons of Ukraine’s Strike’s on Russian Air Bases for Defence Bureaucrats
How the Australian Department of Defence has missed the bus on modern drone warfare, and the revolution in cheap, massed precision.
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Ukraine’s Big Day: Russian Bombers Have “Justified & Deserved” Smoking Accidents
An initial assessment of the impacts of Ukraine’s strikes on multiple Russian airbases for the trajectory of the war in Ukraine, and for the direction…
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May 2025

The Folly of Realism
A Q&A with Alexander Vindman on his new book, "The Folly of Realism". His book explores the lead-up to the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine…
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Russia's Summer Offensive Campaigns in Ukraine
An assessment of Russia's six big campaigns in the coming months to shape the trajectory of the war, and drive political outcomes favourable to Russia.
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Kyiv Burns: Putin Unleashed and Trump Dithers
My regular update on global conflict. This week, a focus on Russia unleashing larger aerial assaults on Ukraine's cities and the prospects for a…
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Ukraine's Drone Wall
Revolutionary New Concept or 21st Century Maginot Line? An assessment of the new Drone Line / Wall, its opportunities and challenges, and how it might…
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