SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
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
EARLY WARNING | The Pentagon’s “Third Offset” is Too Limited
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy: Sanctions Busting
Do sanctions work, or do they exacerbate conflict, in a multi-polar strategic environment? And who suffers most? Could it be the sanctioning states? French Pres. Hollande succumbed — at least temporarily — to US pressure on delivery of Mistral ships to Russia, which pays the price.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | Is NATO Trapping the West, or Can It Be Saved?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Uniting Oceans
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The ROC’s Unique New Rôle in Reshaping the Asian Maritime Balance
The Asian strategic balance has transformed. Within this, Taipei is finally committing to major new submarine, surface warfare, and other programs to ensure it retains its options. This may provide the catalyst for other regional states to begin re-thinking their positions.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Perfect Storm at Sea: Threats, Nature, and Opportunity
Strategic cyber warfare is set to mimic — on a larger scale — the effects of major natural disasters, while the existing pattern of these disasters in the Indo-Pacific region already preoccupies maritime agencies hampered by political distortions in regional cooperation.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Has the PRC Decided on its Global Strategic Posture?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | The Strategic Impact of the US Elections
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Next Big Thing
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategy: To Win is to Change, and in Many Ways
Almost all decisive strategic victories — winning the peace, not just the battle — derive from the adoption of game-changing capabilities, as well as strategic depth. Competing through linear development of old approaches is expensive and dangerous, especially when budgets are tight.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA