DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Ambiguities of Australia’s Defence Strategic Review
A staff estimate on a topic of current importance
Defense & Foreign Affairs staff
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2023
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Demand for ISSA Expands to Fill “Neutrality Gap”
International Strategic Studies Association expertise is increasingly requested worldwide as governments’ concerns grow over compromised intelligence assessments.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Africa’s Powers Largely in Crisis as Volatility Increases
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Xi: With Unlimited Power Comes Unlimited Challenge
Right now, defeating the US and the West may be far from Xi’s mind, even though he could not say it. Xi has more important concerns. The threat from the West is disappearing, anyway, because of its own decline. What will the post-China and post-Western world look like? And when will we see it?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | ISSA College of Fellows Expands Reach, Influence
The International Strategic Studies Association’s eclectic and global College of Fellows has taken on a new shape and renewed vitality in addressing challenges.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EN CLAIR | An African Church Schism Becomes a Global Trigger
Ethiopia’s next leader could create the grand coalition of the Red Sea.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Beijing’s Eurasia Strategy May Deliver Beijing its Coup de Main
Xi Jinping, facing a collapsing PRC domestic economy and food supply, could broker a Ukraine war peace which would bring Ukraine back into the Eurasian fold. After all, he has now completed a major consolidation of influence over Iran and Saudi Arabia, supported by Iraq and Oman.
AUKUS alliance
CURRENT ESTIMATE | AUKUS: The Global Alliance is Not Just About Submarines
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 02/2023
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS