Robbin F. Laird (born 1946) is a military and security analyst.
Biography 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. 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.
Bibliography 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 Assessing Global Change: Strategic Perspectives of Dr. Harald Malmgren, 2025, with Harald Malmgren
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External links breakingdefense.com