GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | The Seeds of Defeat
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Coming to Grips With Yemen
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | After GDP, What?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Last Chance for the ANC?
The removal of Pres. Jacob Zuma in South Africa was a pre-emptive coup by Cyril Ramaphosa to reverse the ANC’s fortunes. But will it work?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Battle of Washington
The US, a year after the election of a new President, remains deeply engaged in a war between an entrenched “establishment” and that disruptive new President. What is significant is that there are no “war correspondents”, so there is an uninformed electorate.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Devouring the Kingdom
US-Saudi and Saudi-PRC relations are a factor in continued US dollar dominance. Beijing is poised to become a major rival to the US for influence in Saudi Arabia, and this could become the hub of the launch of the renminbi as a global currency.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Strategic Trajectories: The Emerging Indo-Pacific Quad Has Shadow Alliances Around It
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Intelligence Overload and Strategic Failure
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Korea Talks: a Transformed Eurasia
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2018
PERSONNEL