HISTORY
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Polar Priorities
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Strategic Gambling of the Blind
The People’s Republic of China fights for survival; Russia surges; the US attempts to rebuild credibility; India sees its great opportunity; other powers are either dazed or prowling …
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The New “Go” Complexity of the Global “Great Game”
The chess-board of Central Asia’s “Great Game” was transformed into the intense complexity of the ancient Chinese game of Go — Weiqi — when the collapse of the latest phase of the eternal Afghan wars sent the consequences virally through global security frameworks.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | New AUKUS Alliance Constrains Beijing; Transforms Indo-Pac
The AUKUS Alliance starts the process of the US ceding back to Britain some of its historical maritime presence.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Stirring the Primordial Soup of a New World
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Afghanistan’s Centrality to the PRC, Russia, and India
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2021
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Cold War Redux: The West Loses Africa’s Horn
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
ESSENTIAL READING | Leadership From On High
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
ESSENTIAL READING | On Intimate Terms With History
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES