PERSONNEL
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Searching for Meaning in the US National Security Strategy
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Iran’s Unity is Intact, But So, Too, the National Angst
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Long Live the King
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
ESSENTIAL READING | Wings of Worry
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Strategic Architecture: Power in the Mega-Cities
Advocates of the new “city-states” are emerging to challenge the advocates of revived national sovereignty. But can such polities actually handle the complexities of power without exercising absolute control over vital sources of the materials of survival?
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?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2017
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Iran, Turkey: Keep Allies Close; Keep Rivals Still Closer
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Australia’s Great Strategic Transition
Australia is about to embark upon only its second strategic “course correction” since Federation in 1901. But it has yet to determine a destination, or to plot a course.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 06/2017
PERSONNEL