CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New Total War: The PLA Case for a Coup Against Xi?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Xi Readies His Remaining Strategic Weapon, AI, for Use Soon
Xi and his team have been considering for some years how they could use weaponized cyber and artificial intelligence to create a global strategic victory without the use of formal military confrontation.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
A New Eastern Mediterranean Strategic Matrix is Evolving
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Xi Jinping and the Galtieri Syndrome: Indicators of an Irrational War?
How do strategic planners prepare for what seem to be irrational decisions by a leader such as Xi Jinping, who is isolated from advice and is prepared to define the national interest in his own terms, regardless of the possible outcome?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Beijing “Talks”: On the Psychology of Strategic Incompetence
Regardless of the tactical milestones, is the outcome of the PRC-US conflict largely foretold?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Great Game: The Endless, Vital Game
Russia is emerging as a major victor in the Great Game. Classical geopolitics lives on.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | A Last Chance to Save the US Marines’ New Vision?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Architecture: When Will There Be a New Global Order?
The “Rules-Based World Order” is in hospice care. Are we already in the inter-pax years?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Undoing Nixon in the Mid-East
The overthrow of Richard Nixon led post-Soviet Russia to dominance in the Middle East.
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.