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General Robert B Brown Commanding General, United States Army Pacific Every generation thinks their time is the most complex in history, but it is hard to argue that it has ever been as complex as we find the global environment today, and in the Indo-Pacific region in particular. That complexity is changing the very character of warfare. When I was coming up through the ranks, the ‘fog of war’ was not enough information. This uncertainty was best mitigated through initiative—‘do something’. Now, what is …
Professor Genevieve Bell Distinguished Professor, Florence Violet McKenzie Chair Director, Autonomy, Agency & Assurance, Australian National University ‘Well, so the good news is you were primed for divergent thinking. The bad news is I’m your divergent thinker. So listen, it is my incredible pleasure and privilege to get to be here. Unlike the previous professor I find this a slightly more daunting experience. There’s no nostalgia for me being in a room full of uniforms, mostly just a bit of fear; I fear …
Professor You Ji Head of Department of Government, University of Macau The Indo-Pacific (Indo-Pacific) idea has been around for over a decade. Professor Rory Medcalf raised it as a policy suggestion years ago but the concept remained only academic. 1 Japanese Prime Minister Abe enriched the concept with a component of democratic arch but it was more visionary than substantial as the countries placed their concerns of national interests above the ideational preferences. It was not until President Trump …
Major General Kathyrn Toohey, AM, CSC Head Land Capability ‘Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, ‘I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we are meeting today, the Kaurna people, and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present. ‘It is my pleasure to appear first on this panel of distinguished speakers. ‘Yesterday I spoke at the science and technology conference with two esteemed colleagues—my equivalent in the UK, Major General Chris Tickell, and the Swedish …
The Australian Army Research Centre welcomes contributions from domestic and international military, academic community and the general public to promote the understanding of land warfare. Contribute an article, paper or publication The Australian Army Research Centre publishes the Australian Army Journal ( AAJ ) and Occasional Papers and Research Reports and welcomes military and academic contributions for consideration that fosters debate, promotes interest in future land warfare and Army’s …
Fifty Years of Service Edited by William A Taylor University Press of Kansas , 2023, 344 pp Hardcover ISBN 9780700635382 Paperback ISBN 9780700634811 eBook ISBN 9780700634828 Reviewed by Brian Washam 1968 was a tumultuous year for the United States as the unpopular Vietnam War reached a crescendo with North Vietnam launching the Tet Offensive. Though a military victory for American and South Vietnamese forces, the American public watched the offensive play out live on the news. They concluded that the …
Brian Washam II is a PhD student at the University of Southern Mississippi whose research focuses on the Vietnam War and studies under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Wiest, founding director of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society. Brian intends to write a dissertation that examines the return of American prisoners of war held during the Vietnam War to the United States through Operation Homecoming and how their experiences of resistance against the North Vietnamese and rhetoric of patriotism and …
Delivering Effective Partner Force Capacity Building Routledge Press , Essex, 2021, 116 pp Paperback ISBN 9780367766405 Authors : Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds Reviewed By : James Bryant Some authors just make good sense. Reflective, reasonable and rational, with no particular ideological axe to grind, and transparent in how they arrive at their conclusions. In this reviewer’s opinion, Jack Watling is quite simply one of the most lucid, clear and insightful analysts on modern war on land. An …
