SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Is Australia Becoming the Quadripartite “Alliance” Weak Link?
The US Trump Administration, Japan’s Abe Government, and India’s Modi Government appear to be in lock-step in forming the new “Quadripartite” Alliance in the Indo-Pacific, just as a vital partner, Australia’s Turnbull Government, appears to be losing internal momentum.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | As Forecast: US Strategic Resurgence in the Indo-Pacific
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2017
SOVEREIGNTY
The Kurdish Referendum: Perpetual Victims
Kurdistan’s saga is far from over, but, for now, US influence has diminished significantly.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CALIR | NZ Election Ties into Broader Indo-Pacific Change
SOVEREIGNTY
Cratometamorphosis: Inclusion, Exclusion, Seclusion?
The mounting hysteria over secessionist and sovereignty movements — whether in Catalonia, Scotland, Kurdistan, Turkey, West Papua, or Oromia — should cause political leaders to reflect on the causes of national schisms rather than merely to attempt to suppress them.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | Beijing Dispenses with Niceties
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Why Turkey’s Old Allies Delay Acknowledging Reality
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2017
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Governance Republic Versus Crown: Competition or Convergence?
A debate is emerging, for the first time in more than a century, over forms of governance. Is it a choice between “republic” and “monarchy”? Or something more? Are “crowned republics” an answer?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE