HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | History’s Lessons Along the Sea Routes
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Strategic Frameworks: Can There Be a “Post-Industrial Superpower”?
Is the West’s major problem that it has been deep into a utopian dream for decades?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
What If Xi Jinping Could Attempt Formal Taiwan Conflict in 2024?
The only logic which needs to be understood at this stage is that of Communist Party of China General Secretary Xi Jinping.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
US Election Year 2024 — How Does It Affect the World?
Most governments around the world are aware that US foreign and strategic policy is transformed during a US presidential election year, which occurs each four years. Is 2024 any different from past election years? And what does this portend for the world?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Scramble for Antarctica
Barriers are coming down to unilateral power projection around the world as treaties and prestige decline for major powers. Now, Antarctica becomes truly an area of competition.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Persia Redux? The Moving Finger Writes
And having writ moves on…Iran now seems poised for a new era. But what is it?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Is Beijing’s Relative Position Declining in the Pacific?
Internal challenges within the US and the PRC seem more likely than external events to determine the overall outcome of their strategic competition, but the broader Pacific context now seems to be nudging incrementally in favor of the US/Western position.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Somewhere, Over the Horizon
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Türkiye, Belarus Abandon CFE: The Treaties Crumble
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2024
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS