STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Test: How Washington Reacts Determines How the World Moves
And, in a unique period of change, the new US Administration is operating from old strategic perceptions, even as it adopts new technology and doctrine
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Uncertainty in the Cape
To a large degree, South Africa’s future cohesion depends on the succession from King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulus
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Seeing Reality in the Red Sea Wars
Could the Ethiopia-Egypt conflict be reversed into an alliance?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Britain’s Grand Strategic Vision
“Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set” — from the chorus of “Land of Hope and Glory” — describes the UK’s return to a global mission, and it only remains to be seen whether UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have the resources to accomplish his vision in its entirety.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Revisiting, Reviewing
Important New Strategic Literature
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Anglosphere, Commonwealth, or CANZUK? Britain’s Choice
What builds enduring strategic alliances, blocs, and empires? “The enemy of my enemy” may be a friend, but for how long? And under what circumstances?
HISTORY
Strategic Frameworks: The World After Westphalia
Global cyclical change led to a gradual shift from monarchies and empires to republics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But the cyclical age of “democratic republics” is now itself passing, as the world moves again from defensive to offensive posturing.
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Ruthless Evolution
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Private Military Contracting: Outsourcing Warfare
Private sector military forces have again become a norm of national security for many governments. But, as history shows, the costs may be higher than desired.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Frameworks: How Sovereignty Evolves
The concept of the “Westphalian state” — the modern nation-state — has been evolving since 1648, but will we soon see a significant new way in which nationalism and sovereignty are perceived and structured? Somehow, the nation-state does not seem set to disappear.
Australia
Key Transitions - 01/2021
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR