HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
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HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Run Silent, Run Sometime. Please
Australia is running into a new “submarine gap”, and a submarine budget which severely distorts its defense budget and strategic profile. What is to be done?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Libya: Working to a Doomed Solution
Why are there no real Libyan interests in the proposed Libyan solution?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Anglosphere, Commonwealth, or CANZUK? Britain’s Choice
What builds enduring strategic alliances, blocs, and empires? “The enemy of my enemy” may be a friend, but for how long? And under what circumstances?
HISTORY
Strategic Frameworks: The World After Westphalia
Global cyclical change led to a gradual shift from monarchies and empires to republics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But the cyclical age of “democratic republics” is now itself passing, as the world moves again from defensive to offensive posturing.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Isolating the Tatmadaw May Just Be What Beijing Desires
Washington, in 2011, almost missed its first chance in 50 years to secure a break in the PRC’s dominance over Myanmar. Any strident US moves to insist on the installation of an NLD Government might just reverse everything...
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Intercontinental Drift or Tectonic Clash?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Indonesia’s Difficult Maneuver Toward Strategic Breakout
A staff estimate on a topic of current importance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2021
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
ESSENTIAL READING | Turning Point Indeed
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Ruthless Evolution
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Private Military Contracting: Outsourcing Warfare
Private sector military forces have again become a norm of national security for many governments. But, as history shows, the costs may be higher than desired.