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STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Xi Readies His Remaining Strategic Weapon, AI, for Use Soon

Xi and his team have been considering for some years how they could use weaponized cyber and artificial intelligence to create a global strategic victory without the use of formal military confrontation.

DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES

CURRENT ESTIMATE | Can the BRICS Syndicate Finally Gain Strategic Traction?

PERSONNEL

Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2023

GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS

EN CALIR | Has Africa Abandoned Hope For Democracy?

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

A New Eastern Mediterranean Strategic Matrix is Evolving

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

STRATEGIC TRACTORIES | Taking Meaning — and Lessons — from Mutinies

Western analysts have been consistently keen to demonize Vladimir Putin, and predict his early departure. Wishful thinking is never good policy analysis. Assassinations and illness are always wild-cards and possibilities. But the Wagner episode was a mutiny in a teacup.

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

CURRENT ESTIMATE | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau at 80: A Guarantor of Nigeria

PERSONNEL

Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2023

2023

ISSA: Vale Lee Mason

HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY

EN CLAIR | A Last Chance to Save the US Marines’ New Vision?

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

EN CLAIR | Has the West Already Lost the Red Sea-Suez SLOC?

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

The Proud Suicide of Türkiye

Türkiye, after its Presidential election, enhanced its negotiating position in the Great Game over Central Asia, but in all other metrics entered possible terminal strategic decline.

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