PERSONNEL
Defense & Foreign Affairs staff
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Can the US-Canada Wreckage Be Set Aside, or Repaired?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2025
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Trump’s Unsurprising Major Target: the Americas
It has to be assumed, by recent and past actions, that Pres. Trump feels that most of the old alliances are no longer functioning in US or even global interests, and that he has no problem walking away from them. But then what?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Loud, Clear Messaging from Beijing’s Silence
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2025
SOVEREIGNTY
Africa, Dominated by Africa
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Pacific Warfare: Crossing Distant Beaches
Can rapid restoration of USMC capability in the Pacific be an easy, early win for incoming US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Watching the Dust Settle on the Panama Canal Issue
The “changes” the US has seen with regard to the Panama Canal since the visit by Marco Rubio have been symbolic of a far greater US concentration than for many decades on the Americas, but the US will need more attention on its maritime supremacy to continue to keep Beijing on the defensive.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Strategically, in 2025, “Chance Happeneth to Them All”
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2025
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Understanding Trump…
…and President Trump understanding how, particularly, his allies see him.