SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
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ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Awakening From Dreams: Strategic Infrastructure Plans Which May Disappear
Great plans to transform global supply chain dominance have largely been destroyed by economic and political collapse, from Beijing to most Western capitals.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Invisible Trenches of World War IV
In today’s global “new total war” battlefield, all effort is being placed on the offensive, and none on the defensive. No-one wins, but someone loses. And the global architecture changes.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
All Fall Down…What’s Next?
Former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson said that a week was a long time in politics. The remainder of 2024 is, then, an eternity. Is there anywhere a respite from seemingly irrational instability?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Ultimate Trajectory: Government Legitimacy Under Threat
Governments act with a sense of righteous purpose to “restore order” and to arrest protestors, while vilifying the causes of public outrage. But the sense of unrest reflects the failures of government rather than the failure of the populations.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Societies Alike in Their Strategic Unhappiness
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Does India Move, Strategically, Over the Next Term?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2024
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | The French Disconnection, and the Wider Trends
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | A “Coup Attempt” in Bolivia?
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Summer Reading for Strategists
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Has President Bio Dodged a Bullet?
Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio bludgeoned his way to re-election in June 2023, drawing international condemnation. And yet he has now won regional support to stay in office.