DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
SOVEREIGNTY
On the Matter of Constitutional and Institutional Choice
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Britain Comes Home to the World, But Where Is Its Plan?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2018
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | Mahathir’s Return in Malaysia Promises Significant Change
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Now It Gets Murky: How the US-DPRK Talks Can Evolve
Suddenly, the lights of the diplomatic theater dim, and a wider cast of players — more than initially indicated — move in the shadows. Until now, it has been a game of relatively honest posturing: brightly lit theater.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Real Prospect Exists for Major Instability in Southern Africa
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Great Game: The DPRK-US Minuette
The impending Trump-Kim talks, as forecast a year ago, provided the first challenge of global consequence to the strategic rise of the PRC. Beijing has already begun to respond. There are more than two dancers in this minuette.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/208
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Last Chance for the ANC?
The removal of Pres. Jacob Zuma in South Africa was a pre-emptive coup by Cyril Ramaphosa to reverse the ANC’s fortunes. But will it work?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Strategic Trajectories: The Emerging Indo-Pacific Quad Has Shadow Alliances Around It
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA