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HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
ESSENTIAL READING | The Programs That Cemented US Power
Journalist Garrett Graff has authored 10 books, but his newest book, The Devil Reached Toward the Sky, is a book you should read and own.
HISTORY
Reinventing Nationalism
All of our philosophies and ideologies undergo transformation, whether we undertake this deliberately or through the accretion of history. But, at this time of strategic upheaval, there exists the prospect of consciously describing how future societies can be adapted.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Yesterday’s Men? Where are Africa’s Leaders for Tomorrow?
West Africa, despite a wave of political turmoil, ranging from coups and fragile democracies to insurgencies and secessionist movements, has maintained some of the continent’s most resilient democratic states.
HISTORY
Officers, Fit to Command? The Hammerstein-Equord Quadrant, while not novel, still works
The German general, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878-1943), is known to posterity as the Commander-in-Chief of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-33).
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Türkiye as the Mid-East Spoiler
Türkiye will attempt over the coming months to trigger breakdowns in the Israel-Gaza peace accords, finalized and signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025, without either of the combatant parties — Israel and Hamas — participating.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Japan Re-Emerges After 80 Years
Japan, with the fifth largest economy in the world, has begun its return to the world strategic stage after eight decades of penance, apology, and subordination to the US following Japan’s World War II defeat by the Allies.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Surrealpolitik: Just How Effective Was the “Realpolitik” Movement?
The supposed cool, detached professionalism meant to underly “realpolitik” may have created a pseudo-realpolitik society which is just as removed from empirical analysis and pragmatic decision-making as any ego- or ideologically-based policymaking.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Collapse: How China Transforms
The mainland China of the past 76 years is coming to an end. What will be the new China?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Iran Faces a New World: Will it, Can it, Take the Mighty Leap?
Iran has now lost its rationale for its war against Israel/US. But are Iran’s ruling clerics ready to seize the opportunity to transform their strategic posture, even when it means possibly saving the clerical administration? If not, then they risk overthrow or collapse to an ever-greater degree.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Can Happiness Defeat Anger? And Why it Matters
Is happiness or contentment, in military parlance, merely an expression of morale? To what degree is it achievable through doctrine, policies, and the shape of society?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Has Trump Transformed, or Ended, the Anglophone Group?
United States President Donald Trump, during the first year of his second presidency, severely shook strategic relationships with the US’ key historical allies in the Anglosphere, the traditionally English-speaking societies of the world.