SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Collapse: How China Transforms
The mainland China of the past 76 years is coming to an end. What will be the new China?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Can Happiness Defeat Anger? And Why it Matters
Is happiness or contentment, in military parlance, merely an expression of morale? To what degree is it achievable through doctrine, policies, and the shape of society?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Nepal Emerges as a Pivotal Point in PRC Insurrection Process
Opposition inside the PRC noted not only the Nepal example, but also the protests which recently toppled the governments of Syria and Bangladesh. Beijing will note the Nepali example as a threat to the PRC’s internal security situation in occupied Tibet, which Beijing has been at pains to contain.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Pursuing the Wisdom of Endless Questioning
Cynicism and apathy — often products of older age — can be as dangerous as the smugness and ignorance of youth in shaping national policy.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Still Not a Priority? The End of the Antarctic Treaty
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2025
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | How Much Does BRICS Really Impact the World?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Art of the Deal?
Short-term, transactional deals now emerging may ensure that the global transformation could be less decisive, less dramatic, and less effective than anticipated. But they may also be less disruptive, carrying many of the bad habits and ills of the past into the future.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | Huawei: A Company Greater than the Part?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
What Happens to China After the Collapse of the Communists?
Few wish to contemplate the end or transformation of a defining threat, any threat. Threats define most societies. And while the CCP is anxiously attempting a rear-guard, belated action to save itself, the West is still acting as though the PRC is a "rising power".
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Beijing’s Theology of its “Right to the Seas”
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Big One: India Versus Pakistan, 2025 Edition
A new Indo-Pak war may now be unavoidable, and this time it is a much bigger affair.