SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Russia’s Bid to End World War II With Japan, and the Strategic Consequences
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Strategic Architecture: Power in the Mega-Cities
Advocates of the new “city-states” are emerging to challenge the advocates of revived national sovereignty. But can such polities actually handle the complexities of power without exercising absolute control over vital sources of the materials of survival?
SOVEREIGNTY
Cratometamorphosis: Inclusion, Exclusion, Seclusion?
The mounting hysteria over secessionist and sovereignty movements — whether in Catalonia, Scotland, Kurdistan, Turkey, West Papua, or Oromia — should cause political leaders to reflect on the causes of national schisms rather than merely to attempt to suppress them.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Race: Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | Beijing Dispenses with Niceties
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Why Turkey’s Old Allies Delay Acknowledging Reality
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2017
SOVEREIGNTY
Kim’s New Posture
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Conflict Mediation: Force of Personality
Some Essential Qualities for Mediators in Mediating Geopolitical Conflicts
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Governance Republic Versus Crown: Competition or Convergence?
A debate is emerging, for the first time in more than a century, over forms of governance. Is it a choice between “republic” and “monarchy”? Or something more? Are “crowned republics” an answer?
SOVEREIGNTY
The Indo-Pacific: The Question of West Papuan Independence
Indonesia is becoming increasingly concerned over the international momentum supporting the independence of West Papua.