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A Fistful of Dollars: the Changing Paradigm of the PMSC and Mercenary in the Modern Battlespace
Private contractors and mercenaries are beginning to equal and even exceed official military presence in many conflicts as war is increasingly privatised.
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The Art of War Joint CompetencyStreamlining Air Land Operations for Better Outcomes
The objective of the article is to examine the benefits of establishing a dedicated air cell at brigade headquarters to assist the brigade commander and staff successfully conduct integrated Air Land Operations (ALO) during combat.
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Coalition Operations Political AcumenThree words that conjure dangerous oversimplification
The Defence Strategic Update of 2020 provided three words that neatly encapsulate Government’s strategic objectives. However, they also encourage an oversimplification of the prevailing strategic circumstances and Australia’s options to protect and advance national interests.
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The Embed
Amid the chaos of war, an embedded ally finds belonging, loyalty, and family in the unlikeliest of places—this poem captures the essence of unity forged in battle.
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The suffering child in the basement of our civility—on the illusion of jus in bello
While we may have rules of war, conventions, international treaties, and training in ethics, we can never make fighting a war clean, surgical, or romantic.
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The Centre of Gravity in ContextFocusing upon the military idea of what a Centre of Gravity is, the article offers some background into Clausewitz's term to be able to better understand it today. The article finishes off by suggesting Clausewitz's idea of a Centre of Gravity remains relevant today and then discuses current doctrine and how military planners should be focusing upon the linking ideas of a CoG, not the idea itself.
Read<15 min01/12/2021