Are Cracks Appearing in Erdoğan’s “Century of Türkiye” Plan?
Turkish interference in Azerbaijani affairs is deepening rifts among Turkic states and wider Eurasia.
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What Happens to Strategic Balance and National Survival if Monetary Trust Evaporates?
ESSENTIAL READING | Sanctions as a Weaponized Chokepoint
Australia’s Strategic Decline Reaching a Point of No Return
Is Trumpism Driving Global Political Trends, or Merely Reflecting Them?
Is the move toward “conservative” governance in the Americas (the Western Hemisphere) a result of Trumpism, or is Trumpism a reflection of the anti-globalist, anti-government wave sweeping much of the world?
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2026
Geopolitics: The Baseline Discipline of Strategy
Is the US Losing the Middle East? Has it Already Lost it?
President Trump has alienated not only some of the Persian Gulf states, but also Israel, damaging what had been an unbeatable support base for him and the US.
How Will the US Deal with Embraer’s C-390?
Embraer is now a fully-diversified aerospace company, and far better able to negotiate its position with the United States going forward than it was when it began its original negotiations with Boeing in around 2014.
Indonesia’s New Light Aircraft Carrier is a Strategic Indicator; the Problem is the Indonesian Budget
The Cardiff Memorandum is Reflective of British Strategic Decline
Doubling down on an increasingly outdated ideological status quo while simultaneously failing to provide solutions to Britain’s rapidly deteriorating economic and social situation is only likely to further fan the flames of separatism and division.
The Wars Betwixt State and Society
Could the growing schism between the societies which make up the nation-state and the state itself be at the core of the challenge to the 21st Century as populations now debate whether, and how, they can re-structure the Westphalian geopolitical matrix, perhaps one society at a time.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic and Tactical Lessons of the Iran-US War
The Iran-Israel ongoing war, and the 2026 variant of Iran-US conflict delivered its own set of lessons, mostly centered around the prepared use of dispersed and autonomous fighting commands.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Path to Strategic Hell is Paved with Unguarded Rhetoric
There is little logic — and much gambling — at play in all the conflicts now emerging.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Breakup of the Sunni Axis in Restless Türkiye
Tehran successfully used Houthis to discredit the recent Mecca Defense Agreement, as Türkiye refused to provide defensive assistance to Saudi Arabia following attacks.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Breaking the Closed Loop Which is Yemen, and How History Led to the Impasse
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
All Fall Down: Is Civilizational Collapse Even Worth Considering?
Failure to consider and plan for the greatest of global uncertainties means a guaranteed unreadiness to meet them.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Military Aircraft Manufacturing Proliferation Creates a New Age of Alliance
Remaking the military aerospace market is very much a part of remaking the global strategic architecture. What is happening now takes us back to mid-20th Century frameworks and, increasingly, to a revived multi-polar world.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
How Niger's Attempted Coup Exposed Decisive Geopolitical Competition in West Africa
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Xi Lashes Out in the Pacific and Africa, But to What End?
The jury remains out as to whether Beijing has a clearly thought-through agenda with the Pacific Islands Forum, meeting this week, or even in Africa, or whether it is just lashing out to show that it still matters. But, rest assured, it is lashing out.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Winning the War of Words Means Knowing When to Fall Silent
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Is the Craving for Order Over Chaos Destroying Long-Term Strategic Logic?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Has the US Offensive Peaked?
In an evolving period of transformation, exacerbated by US global initiatives, everything has changed, but nothing has been resolved.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Much Rides on the Success of the New Colombian Government
A trend toward moderate, pro-US governments is emerging in South America. Will it be enough to ensure President Trump’s desire for a Washington-dominated Western Hemisphere?