Military and strategy links: 3D printing, NATO's choices, UCAV consternation and more

• Facing metastasizing Middle Eastern instability, Andrew Nikolic argues that Australia needs to focus on supporting a regional approach to counter-terrorism.
• The US Army's technology magazine has a whole issue devoted to the impact of 3D manufacturing on military logistics.
• Meet Ara Dolarian, the one-time pig trader turned arms broker who funneled US purchases of Soviet-era weapons to various Third-World factions.
• Spencer Ackerman explores the battle over the future of the UCLASS carrier-launched unmanned strike system.
• With Anglo-French decision to go it alone in co-developing the Taranis UCAV, other European states are calling for coordination in the production of unmanned systems.
• Over at War is Boring, David Axe reviews USMC Maj Edward Carpenter's contribution to the debate on the nature of the modern warrior code.
• Given the challenge of a revanchist Russia, what should NATO seek to achieve at its September summit in Wales?
• Finally, Blogs of War's John Little discusses food and conflict with celebrity-chef and globetrotter Anthony Bourdain.

Matthew Hill