SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The World’s Wars in Search of Meaning
In the longer-term, we are moving — unless strategic consideration is given — into an age bereft of history, identity, and considered values and goals.
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.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Possible Variable Evolutions of the Israeli-Iranian War
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
What Makes a Great Power?
Nelson reminded us what makes a nation into a great power: uncompromised honor.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Collapse of the Treaty World
Treaties, including the “international rules-based world order” (or Pax Americana), the UN, the EU, and NATO are being dissolved, abandoned, or challenged. What comes next?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The New RedMed Jigsaw Puzzle
All the pieces are in play simultaneously.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
What Happens to China After the Collapse of the Communists?
Few wish to contemplate the end or transformation of a defining threat, any threat. Threats define most societies. And while the CCP is anxiously attempting a rear-guard, belated action to save itself, the West is still acting as though the PRC is a "rising power".
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | For a Few Barrels More: How Trump Attempts to Stabilize Libya
Finally, the US seems set to help restore the stability and economy of Libya in a move which would consolidate even further Washington’s new place in the expanded Middle East area, from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Uneasy Lies the Head that Advises the Crown
Does what we do make a positive difference in the life and history of our society? At what stage do we question what we may think are illogical or counter-productive orders or perceptions of a situation?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Canada Forced Out Into the Cold: Opportunity or Trap?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
The Decline of Wisdom and the Rise of AI
Are we ready for a world where a Nelson or Alexander the Great can no longer rise unless societies collapse? Would we benefit, in fact, from that? Or is AI no match for leadership?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australia, the "Lucky Country", and its Need for Introspection
Australia's electoral dive back into apathy comes just when the country faces uncertainty.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
VALEDICTION | Kerry Collison: His Own Man
His epitaph has already been so eloquently written by an eloquent, important life.