Robbin F. Laird (born 1946) is a military and security analyst.

Robbin Laird
Born1946
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materColumbia University
Occupationdefense analyst

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He has taught at Columbia University, Queens College, Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University. He worked with The Center for Defense Analysis and the Institute for Defense Analysis. He is a member of the Board of Contributors of AOL Defense and writes for The Diplomat.[1] He is the director of the ICSA, LLC since 2000 and co-founder of the website Second Line of Defense, since 2010 and of Defense.info since 2018.[2] He is the editor of two defense websites, Second Line of Defense and Defense Information. He became a fellow of The Williams Foundation, Canberra, Australia in 2018.

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  • The Scientific-Technological Revolution and Soviet Foreign Policy: Pergamon Policy Studies on International Politics, 1982, with Erik P. Hoffmann
  • Politics of Economic Modernization in the Soviet Union, 1982, with Erik P. Hoffman
  • Soviet Union and Strategic Arms, 1985, with Dale R. Herspring
  • Technocratic Socialism: The Soviet Union in the Advanced Industrial Era, 1985, with Erik P. Hoffman
  • Soviet Union, the West and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1986
  • French Security Policy, 1986
  • Strangers and Friends: The Franco-German Security Relationship, 1989
  • West European Arms Control Policy, 1989
  • USSR and the Western Alliance, 1989, with Susan Clark
  • The Future of Deterrence: NATO Nuclear Forces Aft Inf, 1989
  • The Soviets, Germany, and the New Europe, 1991
  • Soviet Foreign Policy: Classic and Contemporary, 1991, with Frederick J. Fleron and Erik P. Hoffmann
  • Classic Issues in Soviet Foreign Policy: From Lenin to Brezhnev, 1991, with Erik P. Hoffmann and Frederic J. Fleron
  • The Revolution in Military Affairs: Allied Perspectives, 2012, with Holger H Mey
  • Three Dimensional Warriors: Second Edition, 2013
  • Rebuilding American Military Power in the Pacific: A 21st-Century Strategy, 2013, with Edward Timperlake
  • The F-35 and 21st Century Defence: Shaping a Way Ahead, 2016
  • France, The Soviet Union, And The Nuclear Weapons Issue, 2019
  • The Return of Direct Defense in Europe:Meeting the 21st Century Authoritarian Challenge, 2020, with Murielle Delaporte
  • Joint by Design: The Evolution of Australian Defence Strategy, 2020
  • Training for the High End Fight: The Strategic Shift of the 2020s, 2021
  • The USSR and the Western Alliance, re-issue 2021, with Susan Clark
  • 2020: A Pivotal Year?: Navigating Strategic Change at a Time of COVID-19 Disruption, 2021
  • The U.S. Marine Corps Transformation Path: Preparing for the High-End Fight, 2022
  • Defense XXI: Shaping a Way Ahead for the United States and Its Allies, 2022

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References edit

  1. ^ "Dr. Robbin F. Laird - SLDInfo". www.sldinfo.com.
  2. ^ Laird, Robbin. "Robbin Laird". Smashwords.

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