PERSONNEL
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | When Is a Blockade a “Quarantine”?
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
ESSENTIAL READING | The origins and history of the US’s obsession to make its aerial ground attack weapons more “precise”
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Awakening From Dreams: Strategic Infrastructure Plans Which May Disappear
Great plans to transform global supply chain dominance have largely been destroyed by economic and political collapse, from Beijing to most Western capitals.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
All Fall Down…What’s Next?
Former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson said that a week was a long time in politics. The remainder of 2024 is, then, an eternity. Is there anywhere a respite from seemingly irrational instability?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Ultimate Trajectory: Government Legitimacy Under Threat
Governments act with a sense of righteous purpose to “restore order” and to arrest protestors, while vilifying the causes of public outrage. But the sense of unrest reflects the failures of government rather than the failure of the populations.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Societies Alike in Their Strategic Unhappiness
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Does India Move, Strategically, Over the Next Term?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2024
SOVEREIGNTY
The Unfinished Battle
The European Union parliamentary elections, the 2024 US elections, Britain’s general election — and others — highlight the reality that “the reaction of 2016” has resumed.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
How Long Can the Sino-Russian Entente Last This Time?
The new Russo-North Korean “treaty” is designed to help Moscow and Pyongyang protect themselves from Beijing, for sound strategic reasons. The view that it was all about the US or South Korea misses the point, and the message for the future.
PERSONNEL