CRIME & CORRUPTION
2026
Arms Transfer Tables
Significant recent international transfers of defense goods and services since May 1, 2025. Last updated May 25, 2026.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Homayoun’s 2003 Approach to Ending Clerical Control of Iran
This assessment of the Iranian problem was given to US policymakers in 2003. Why was it never considered by Washington in the planning to resolve the challenge?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | We Seek Victory, But What Does It Look Like?
PERSONNEL
The Power Tables
Significant elections and changes in governments since February 1998. Last updated May 25, 2026.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Xi-Trump: Tactical Goals Met; Strategic Trajectory Unchanged
The overarching strategic US-PRC trajectory seems largely unchanged: the PRC in continued decline and the US in continued strategic consolidation. US allies are making separate plans to manage their strategic space to a greater degree.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Türkiye Aims to Control NGOs via the United Nations
Türkiye is attempting to control the global landscape of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through the United Nations in order to exert coercive policies and pressure on countries within its sphere of influence and interest.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Tragic, de facto Failure of Material Progress
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Did King Charles III Show That US Unity Was Possible?
HISTORY
Geography: We Are Where We Are
Geography is patently a critical factor in strategic thinking, not just because of the physical limitations and possibilities it unveils, but because of the psychological impact of geography upon its inhabitants.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Beijing’s Rear-Guard Action to Shore Up Strategic Influence in Eswatini
Beijing, having failed to change the Government of Eswatini, has begun operations to dominate the country’s commercial and political sectors. However, its decline in influence through Africa and the rest of the world is now becoming significant as its signature Belt and Road Initiative falls apart.
PERSONNEL