DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
How Real is IMEC? As Real as AUKUS?
The surprise announcement of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor lacks clarity as to the US's intention in drafting the concept, and how it will proceed.
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SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Sierra Leone's Crisis Highlights an Africa Breaking with the Past
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
China: What if Xi Jinping Survives?
MIGRATION
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Strategic Power's Inverse Relationship to Population Increase
One of the remaining myths to be punctured in assessing strategic power and strength is the widely-entrenched belief that national economic growth is directly proportional to population growth and population size.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | Farewell, China Dream. Hello, Cold Dawn
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Coup d’État as a “Democratic Response” to Pseudo-Coup
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09-2023
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Cuba no es Libre
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Context is King
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Strategy for Leaders
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Türkiye’s Strategic Penetration of Africa
Türkiye has established itself as a major strategic force in Africa, and works extensively through front groups controlled by its national intelligence service and a related “private military contractor”, SADAT.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
One BRIC at a Time
The Africa-Middle East space and the implications of the BRICS expansion and rising instability: it’s all about perception, and perception counts.