ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus
Gregory Copley is the Editor Emeritus of Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, and was its founding editor in 1972. An Australian, he has also been President of The International Strategic Studies Association since 1982.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Australia’s Strategic Decline Reaching a Point of No Return
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Is Trumpism Driving Global Political Trends, or Merely Reflecting Them?
Is the move toward “conservative” governance in the Americas (the Western Hemisphere) a result of Trumpism, or is Trumpism a reflection of the anti-globalist, anti-government wave sweeping much of the world?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Geopolitics: The Baseline Discipline of Strategy
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Is the US Losing the Middle East? Has it Already Lost it?
President Trump has alienated not only some of the Persian Gulf states, but also Israel, damaging what had been an unbeatable support base for him and the US.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
How Will the US Deal with Embraer’s C-390?
Embraer is now a fully-diversified aerospace company, and far better able to negotiate its position with the United States going forward than it was when it began its original negotiations with Boeing in around 2014.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Indonesia’s New Light Aircraft Carrier is a Strategic Indicator; the Problem is the Indonesian Budget
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Wars Betwixt State and Society
Could the growing schism between the societies which make up the nation-state and the state itself be at the core of the challenge to the 21st Century as populations now debate whether, and how, they can re-structure the Westphalian geopolitical matrix, perhaps one society at a time.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic and Tactical Lessons of the Iran-US War
The Iran-Israel ongoing war, and the 2026 variant of Iran-US conflict delivered its own set of lessons, mostly centered around the prepared use of dispersed and autonomous fighting commands.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Path to Strategic Hell is Paved with Unguarded Rhetoric
There is little logic — and much gambling — at play in all the conflicts now emerging.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Breaking the Closed Loop Which is Yemen, and How History Led to the Impasse
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
All Fall Down: Is Civilizational Collapse Even Worth Considering?
Failure to consider and plan for the greatest of global uncertainties means a guaranteed unreadiness to meet them.