HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | US Pres. Obama Lashes Out After Congressional Losses
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The ROC’s Unique New Rôle in Reshaping the Asian Maritime Balance
The Asian strategic balance has transformed. Within this, Taipei is finally committing to major new submarine, surface warfare, and other programs to ensure it retains its options. This may provide the catalyst for other regional states to begin re-thinking their positions.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Perfect Storm at Sea: Threats, Nature, and Opportunity
Strategic cyber warfare is set to mimic — on a larger scale — the effects of major natural disasters, while the existing pattern of these disasters in the Indo-Pacific region already preoccupies maritime agencies hampered by political distortions in regional cooperation.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Has the PRC Decided on its Global Strategic Posture?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Next Big Thing
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Souda Bay: Again Vital in the Eastern Med.
As Turkey slips in terms of NATO reliability, planners look at changing threat and access patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategy: To Win is to Change, and in Many Ways
Almost all decisive strategic victories — winning the peace, not just the battle — derive from the adoption of game-changing capabilities, as well as strategic depth. Competing through linear development of old approaches is expensive and dangerous, especially when budgets are tight.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Absent Nationalism, Civilization Founders
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Canada Searches for its Identity in Colder Waters
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | *This* is the Book
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE