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A Case for a Royal Australian Air Force Regional Mobile Training Team Capability – SGT G
The Australian Government is actively seeking to increase Whole of Government efforts in the South Pacific in a meaningful and consistent...
Apr 14, 20193 min read
Conference: Hi-Intensity Operations and Sustaining Self Reliance - Final Report
The latest Williams Seminar held in Canberra on April 11, 2019 focused on the strategic shift for Australia within the context of the evolvi
Apr 11, 20191 min read
Conference: Hi-Intensity Operations and Sustaining Self Reliance - Program and Presentations
The seminar will address the evolving Australian approach to building new capabilities and systems with an expanded role for Australian indu
Apr 11, 20194 min read
#selfsustain – 5th Generation Energy for 5th Generation Air Power – Nicholas Packer
Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustain..
Apr 7, 20195 min read
#selfsustain Delving into the dark recesses – how do we sustain self-reliance? – David Beaumont
Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustainin
Mar 31, 20197 min read
On Target: The Singapore deployment: How Australia filled the ‘East of Suez’ void
Brian Weston - announcement in 1968 that Britain would withdraw from its interests 'East of Suez' was to have long reaching consequences...
Mar 31, 20194 min read
Exercise Red Flag 19-1: Perspectives from the Ground – Jenna Higgins
Military exercises provide an opportunity to observe how Defence doctrine is put into action in the field. Here, Jenna Higgins provides less
Mar 27, 20193 min read
A nation needs more than a DIME – Konstantin Khomko
We welcome Konstantin Khomko to The Central Blue with a thoughtful exploration of how we think about national power. He suggests that contem
Mar 24, 20195 min read
China’s Regional Bomber and its Implications – James Bosbotinis
The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) published an unclassified assessment of Chinese military developments on 15 January 2019.
Mar 17, 20195 min read
#SciFi, #AI and the Future of War: AugoStrat Awakenings, Part II – Mick Ryan
We are pleased to welcome back Mick Ryan with the second instalment of his short story AugoStrat Awakenings. You can find the first part of
Mar 10, 20196 min read
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines – Chris McInnes
The Terminator series is something of a touchstone for popular thinking regarding artificial intelligence. Chris McInnes joins the #SciFi, #
Mar 3, 20194 min read
On Target: The evolution of Butterworth - The Suez Crisis, RAAF leadership in SE Asia
Brian Weston -A national commitment of impressive proportions...led to the establishment of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO),
Feb 28, 20194 min read
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Childhood’s End –James Groves
James Groves joins us to review Arthur C. Clarke’s 1952 book, Childhood’s End. He suggests the book’s dystopian vision of omniscient
Feb 27, 20193 min read
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Chappie – David McFarlane
David McFarlane joins the #SCiFi, #AI and the Future of War series with this discussion of the movie Chappie, directed by Neill Blomkamp.
Feb 20, 20195 min read
#SciFi, #AI and the Future of War: Astro Boy, Chappie, ‘consciousness’
Jo Brick joins our #SciFi, #AI and the Future of War series with a discussion on Western and Japanese approaches in fiction to robots ...
Feb 17, 20196 min read
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: The Imperial Radch – Jason Begley
Jason Begley reviews The Imperial Radch trilogy for our #SciFi, #AI and the Future of War series, highlighting the value of the non-human
Feb 10, 20194 min read
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Good News from the Vatican – Shane Dunn
Shane Dunn joins our #SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War series to discuss Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg. The book presents
Feb 6, 20193 min read
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Trusted – Marija Jovanovich
Marija Jovanovich joins our #SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War series with a short, and very human, story on the ups and downs of future...
Feb 3, 20196 min read
Call for Submissions: #Selfsustain and High-Intensity Operations – Editorial
On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance.
Feb 1, 20193 min read
#Scifi, #AI and the Future of War: The Long Earth – Travis Hallen
Our next contributor to our #scifi #AI series is a long-time advocate of The Central Blue, Wing Commander Travis Hallen with his review of
Jan 30, 20193 min read
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