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Defence Briefing— Global
Preface
NATO notices the Cold War is over and devises a new navy strategy. The US Army eyes the phone app market and in Ukraine, Russia is allowed to train its jet pilots.
NATO notices the Cold War is over and devises a new navy strategy. The US Army eyes the phone app market and in Ukraine, Russia is allowed to train its jet pilots.
Alliance Maritime Strategy, Darpa, South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Issue 21
The conventional wisdom is that under the Obama administration, the transatlantic relationship will flourish anew, along with a substantial improvement of French-US relations. On 3 April, the 60th Anniversary Summit of Nato…
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Issue 32
Marines are told to get some real muscle, shark-skin technology for subs, China joins the international effort to tackle piracy, and new RPG protection for vehicles.
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Issue 56
The sheer breadth of countries covered by the defence-themed analyses in this issue illustrates the dizzying scale of modern-day conflicts. Some are in full flow, others are receding and many are threatened; all require our…
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Issue 1
Under its post-war constitution, Japan is not allowed a navy, only a Self-Defence Force. Yet, today, the country has one of the largest, most sophisticated fleets in the world. Tensions with North Korea and China have also…
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Issue 39
As 2011 approaches, storm clouds are gathering across international conflict zones. Monocle identifies the locations where things could kick off.
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Kenya's watchful rich and Lebanon's army fights back.
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Issue 36
The french army's new laser dubbed "the finger of death" and Spain's flight school for Afghan pilots.
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Issue 53
The continuing fight against piracy in the Horn of Africa, led by three international military coalitions, Poland's plans to modernise its Air Force, and the consequences of Japan's decision to relax its strict defence…
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Issue 63
The world goes to cyber-war, Brazil prepares a new rang of submarines and we meet Washington's man in Yangon.
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Issue 56
New weightlifting champion: Airbus A400 M Atlas Tucked away in the British countryside, the Farnborough International Air Show is an unassuming backdrop for deals deciding the future of air defence. This trillion euro…
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Issue 56
War against poaching: Fighting poachers in Zimbabwe, US veterans as entrepreneurs, and Japan's taste for US Military ice cream.
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