DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The new Russo-North Korean “treaty” is designed to help Moscow and Pyongyang protect themselves from Beijing, for sound strategic reasons. The view that it was all about the US or South Korea misses the point, and the message for the future.
PERSONNEL
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Barriers are coming down to unilateral power projection around the world as treaties and prestige decline for major powers. Now, Antarctica becomes truly an area of competition.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Internal challenges within the US and the PRC seem more likely than external events to determine the overall outcome of their strategic competition, but the broader Pacific context now seems to be nudging incrementally in favor of the US/Western position.
PERSONNEL
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
The political theater of the Iranian mass air attack on Israel “satisfied honor” and possibly highlighted the reality that Iran could be split from the principal sponsors of HAMAS: Türkiye and Qatar. A line of communication seems to have been established.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
PERSONNEL
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
PERSONNEL
AFRICA