STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Battle for the Indo-Pacific: Honiara Finds its Power
Beijing makes Taiwan denial a 2019 primary focus, while the US-led alliance slowly awakens.
SOVEREIGNTY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Brexit: Hysteria Continues to Prevail Over Contextual Views
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
SOVEREIGNTY
Indonesia’s West Papua Sovereignty Challenge Gets Interesting
A decline in Indonesia’s relations with the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK could see Jakarta losing its traction with those states, increasing the potential window of support for the West Papua independence movements.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The US “Gunpowder Treason and Plot” Takes a New Turn
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2019
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Australia’s New Government: A Stable Commitment to Defense and Indo-Pacific Security
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Dangerous Consequences of a Legacy of Technology and Wealth
Wealthy societies have always assumed that their wealth would guarantee them strategic victory. With wealth came the belief that its holder was imbued with superior wisdom, regardless of reality.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Australia’s Strategic Implosion Averted, But What’s Next?
Continuation of the Australian constitutional monarchy model was seen as a critical benchmark as to whether the country was moving toward a consolidation of its sovereignty orientation.
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Globalists Begin Their Mobilization Against Monarchies
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ENCLAIR | Indonesia, Amid Growth and Challenges, Will Boost Defense Spending
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Terrorism and Social Schisms: Are There Lessons From the New Zealand Attack?
How the New Zealand Government and the media responded to a terrorist attack in Christchurch sheds light on how such incidents impact societies which are already divided between urbanism and nationalism.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Changes in the Indian Ocean at the Core of the “New Balance”
Could the UK soon lose sovereignty over Diego Garcia? If so, the US would lose another key base in the Indo-Pacific. And how are Oman and Qatar planning for the future? Could the US even project force again into a major Afghan operation, or into Iraq?