STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Dynamics of 2025
Has the “age of heroes” begun its return? Leaders replacing managers?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Syria: Türkiye’s New Plan and the Rôle of Russia
Russia, perceived as the big loser with the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad Government, sees a bigger goal: the potential to break up NATO as the US and Israel move to support the autonomy of the regional Kurdish populations.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Recalibrating AUKUS (and FiveEyes) in the Second Trump Era?
Incoming Pres. Trump’s main challenge is not how to make the two key strategic alliances merge, but finding leaders in all the four other states who can see the strategic potential of the FiveEyes/AUKUS combine. There may be some blood on the floor as he jostles to get the outcome right.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Syria: Russia’s Mistakes and the Traps Awaiting Türkiye
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2024
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | The End of Everything, But Who’s Listening?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | NATO, Europe, Cyprus, Türkiye, and “The EastMed”
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2024
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Hogs, Oceans, Liberty, and Victory!
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
AUKUS: Awakening to a Different World
HISTORY
Sustaining Legacies
On the Passing of Sir Geoffrey Pattie, former UK Minister of State for Defence