GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Xi Jinping: The Future Emerges
Xi Jinping’s position was made more vulnerable by the Taiwanese presidential election, and now, with few options left, his exit is being plotted.
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.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Mass Movements: The New Totalitarianism
The 21st Century totalitarian mass movements have led to the decline of political parties, to the point that the strategic conflict for survival rivals the 20th Century war between totalitarianism and nationalism.
SOVEREIGNTY
EARLY WARNING: The Four Horsemen of the Future
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The View from 1997: New Strategic Environments Demand a New Doctrinal View
The global military environment has, with the political division of the world, changed dramatically since 1990. But military doctrine, and the tools to cope with the new world, are still insufficiently developed.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Strategic Philosophy: Cratocide of the Republics?
The transformation of the global strategic architecture is well advanced, bringing with it the slow death of some of the structures begun in the industrial revolution, and the slow birth or re-birth of identities seeking sovereign security.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Strategic Reality of Nobility in an Ignoble World
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Oceania Begins to Stir
Australia’s “apartheid” referendum and New Zealand’s election have consequences.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria: Absent Prestige, All is Lost
The moral authority of governments worldwide is suffering in the current economic and social upheaval, but in Africa it has reached a new level. Events in Nigeria — as well as such places as Sierra Leone — show that the Continent is reaching a breaking point.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Xi Asks the US to Save Him
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
How Beijing Played, and Failed, in the HAMAS War
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Goal More Vital Than Territorial Integrity
HISTORY