STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
SOVEREIGNTY
EARLY WARNING | Sovereignty in the 21st Century
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Turning Point: The New US Afghanistan “Strategy”
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2017
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | Indian Ocean Hub
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Iran, Turkey: Keep Allies Close; Keep Rivals Still Closer
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa’s Significant Rôle in Beijing’s Global Strategy
Africa has assumed a central rôle in the strategy of the PRC, and promises to become — through China’s portion of the Silk Road — integral to Beijing’s future.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The State of the USA: River of Doubt; Swamp of Despair
It may be that the Washington, DC campaign to isolate, capture, and subdue US Pres. Donald Trump has finally succeeded. If so, what does that mean for the global strategic environment? But does Donald Trump have options to regain control of the situation?
MIGRATION
Saudi Arabia Set to Precipitate the Next Population Flow
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Impulse in the US Toward Civil War
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Korean Peninsula “Crisis” Inches to the End Game
PERSONNEL