STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Just as the West did not want to believe the old Cold War was over, and its players changed, so it does not wish to consider North Korea a non-communist state. But it truly may be. What is it, and how can the strategic equation now be re-evaluated?
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Türkiye must now be considered a nuclear weapons state, or at least an incipient nuclear weapons state.
PERSONNEL
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
How much does the AUKUS May 30, 2026, ministerial statement clarify how the alliance is emerging and tackling constant technological and geopolitical evolution?
CRIME & CORRUPTION
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The overarching strategic US-PRC trajectory seems largely unchanged: the PRC in continued decline and the US in continued strategic consolidation. US allies are making separate plans to manage their strategic space to a greater degree.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
HISTORY
Geography is patently a critical factor in strategic thinking, not just because of the physical limitations and possibilities it unveils, but because of the psychological impact of geography upon its inhabitants.
PERSONNEL
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
In order to show that it favors the US strategy and to present itself as a factor of stability in the region, Türkiye is bringing Ukraine to Syria; that is, to a geographical area that Russia has traditionally used by maintaining bases in order to serve its interests in the Eastern Mediterranean.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
We have abused the language and words of power. Our glib misuse of them hurts us and obscures the lessons of history at a time when we desperately need guidelines.