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DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | How Much Does BRICS Really Impact the World?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Élites as an Informal Influence on Society
Élites of all types exert influence on society, and therefore on government and policy. In a period of disruption, such as now, can we expect — and do we need — the stabilizing resurrection of traditionally-respected figures of influence to calm the transition?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Can Today’s Great Powers Still Plan?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Power Projection: The Magic Seven Ideas
The importance of knowing how to behave intelligently.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Art of the Deal?
Short-term, transactional deals now emerging may ensure that the global transformation could be less decisive, less dramatic, and less effective than anticipated. But they may also be less disruptive, carrying many of the bad habits and ills of the past into the future.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Clearing the Paths to and from Central Asia
Resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute could effectively end the OSCE’s Cold War and post-Cold War era of “freezing conflicts” rather than resolving them decisively through the efforts of the opposing parties. This is part of the post-post-Cold War world of substantive change.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The World’s Wars in Search of Meaning
In the longer-term, we are moving — unless strategic consideration is given — into an age bereft of history, identity, and considered values and goals.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Possible Variable Evolutions of the Israeli-Iranian War
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2025
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | Huawei: A Company Greater than the Part?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
What Makes a Great Power?
Nelson reminded us what makes a nation into a great power: uncompromised honor.