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ESSENTIAL READING | The Outrageous and Innovative General Orde Wingate
Fire in the Night, by British journalists John Bierman and Colin Smith, examines the huge impact of a unique British officer, Major General Orde Wingate, who died in Burma in 1944 during World War II.
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | The Battle to Live “Like Free People”
Historian Benjamin Nathans of the University of Pennsylvania lifts his new book’s title from the traditional vodka toast of Soviet dissidents: to the “success of our hopeless cause”.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Two US Deaths of Strategic Significance
The US lost two key figures of significant political and strategic influence in recent months - Edward Fuelner and Charles Kirk.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Can the US Avoid Escalating Against Venezuela?
The US Government seemed likely, by mid-September 2025, to escalate military and political pressure to curb Venezuela’s central role in narcotics trafficking to the US and, if possible, to cause the collapse of the Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Limits of Long-Range Planning
Plans of attack rarely survive the first shot. Flexibility, guided by strategic principles, is key.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Crowds versus Power
The globalist-nationalist confrontation has intensified to the point where crowds angrily demand change. Is the cycle predictable? How do today’s crowds discharge their energy?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Opaque New Phase of the Red Sea Competition
Washington had, by late August 2025, finally begun to focus on the strategic importance of the Red Sea-Suez sea lane and the essential element of control of the littorals which dominate the trade passage. But it is late in joining the party.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Türkiye, Unabashed, Wants a Share of the EU’s Defense Spending
Despite its closeness with Russia, Türkiye is attempting to access European defense funds.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Anger and Terror in the Turkish Armed Forces
President Erdogan’s new measures are leading to the politicization of the Turkish Armed Forces in order to control it to the fullest extent.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Civilization and Culture: The Strategic Foundation of Everything
We have become obsessed with the belief that technology, not people, wins wars and dominates economies. But destroying cultures and civilizations is what weakens societies.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Australia’s Strategic Decline: Is it Terminal?
Australia’s strategic decline has been underway for years, and is worsening. What now?