STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Gaining Strategic Initiative
There is no “art of the deal” unless negotiations — a non-kinetic dynamic — can be forced to begin. How engagement is commenced determines strategic advantage and momentum.
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STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Watching the Dust Settle on the Panama Canal Issue
The “changes” the US has seen with regard to the Panama Canal since the visit by Marco Rubio have been symbolic of a far greater US concentration than for many decades on the Americas, but the US will need more attention on its maritime supremacy to continue to keep Beijing on the defensive.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EARLY WARNING | Humiliation as Strategic Motivation or Malaise
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Strategically, in 2025, “Chance Happeneth to Them All”
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2025
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | An Amateur’s War...
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
New Chengdu Aircraft Challenges Distant Targets
David Archibald looks at the significance of the new, long-range strike aircraft.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Understanding Trump…
…and President Trump understanding how, particularly, his allies see him.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Türkiye’s Proxy Domination of Syria Spearheads a Regional Transformation
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Currency as the Fundamental Source of Power and Power Projection
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Dynamics of 2025
Has the “age of heroes” begun its return? Leaders replacing managers?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Syria: Türkiye’s New Plan and the Rôle of Russia
Russia, perceived as the big loser with the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad Government, sees a bigger goal: the potential to break up NATO as the US and Israel move to support the autonomy of the regional Kurdish populations.