HISTORY
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
ESSENTIAL READING | Insecurity in Beijing?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Yemen, the Unnecessary War
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Lord of the Flies Writ Large
SOVEREIGNTY
Governance: The King is Dead? Not by a Long Shot
The usurpation of monarchical governance has been widely promoted as an inexorable trend, but it is a trend now facing reversal in many areas of the world. This report looks at the rôle of monarchies in recent world history, and how, as an example, they play a rôle in securing the future.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Global Strategy: The Time of Strategic Choice
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Settling in for the Long, Long War
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Rare, Vital Insights
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australia: Lucky Country?
Has Australia's luck abandoned it at a critical time in history?
SOVEREIGNTY
The Inevitable Return of Sovereignty
History's cyclical patterns make the case that sovereignty must make its return as the dominant driver of the global strategic architecture of the 21st Century, whether we like it or not. And apparently most societies demand it, particularly when uncertainty strikes.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | The Dark Korean Shadow Play
Afghanistan
The Triumph of Belief: Persian Cæsar?
Not just Iran’s Cæsar abroad, Major-General Qasem Soleimani is finally being recognized as Iran’s “Man on Horseback”.