STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Undoing Nixon in the Mid-East
The overthrow of Richard Nixon led post-Soviet Russia to dominance in the Middle East.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Nixon in the PRC
History has largely disregarded the unintended consequences of US Pres. Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to the People’s Republic of China, and how the USSR retaliated, cutting short the President’s strategic agenda for dealing with both Beijing and Moscow.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Constitutional Monarchy: A Defining Time for Monarchies
How a coronation raised the urgency of the strategic need for durable identity and purpose.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Proud Suicide of Türkiye
Türkiye, after its Presidential election, enhanced its negotiating position in the Great Game over Central Asia, but in all other metrics entered possible terminal strategic decline.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | All Fall Down: Fear of Reality Opens Strategic Vulnerabilities
CCP leadership has prepared for the collapse starting to affect mainland China. It is prepared for a shattering of wealth and hope among its population, reckoning that the PRC will survive, but that Western economies will not be able to handle the social-economic collapses in their own countries.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Calmness in the Thund’rous Volleys of Change
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Ambiguities of Australia’s Defence Strategic Review
A staff estimate on a topic of current importance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2023
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Tomorrow’s Battleground
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Looking Back to Today
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Demand for ISSA Expands to Fill “Neutrality Gap”
International Strategic Studies Association expertise is increasingly requested worldwide as governments’ concerns grow over compromised intelligence assessments.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR