HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Moving Beyond Strategic Distractions
The deep and intractable humanitarian morass of the Yemen conflict has diverted attention away from the broader strategic framework, with serious consequences.
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
A New “Middle Eastern Entente” Shakes Moscow and Washington
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
How the Great US Schism Affects Global Affairs
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?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Current Estimate: The Hanoi US-DPRK Summit May Be Xi Jinping’s Victory
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2019
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Korea and the Return of China’s Tributary States
The Forthcoming Struggles and Wars, According to Xi Jinping
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Global Balance: Strategic Self-Defeatism
How the US internal political war against such issues as the INF Treaty withdrawal and missile defense modernization mirrors historical schisms inviting the overthrow of sound governance
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | What Does Australia’s Impending Government Change Portend?
The damage the Labor policies would do to the value of the Australian dollar would further exacerbate the ability of Australia to pay for the massive foreign capital programs, particularly the F-35A and the French submarines.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY