DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Has the US Offensive Peaked?
In an evolving period of transformation, exacerbated by US global initiatives, everything has changed, but nothing has been resolved.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Much Rides on the Success of the New Colombian Government
A trend toward moderate, pro-US governments is emerging in South America. Will it be enough to ensure President Trump’s desire for a Washington-dominated Western Hemisphere?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2026
Equatorial Guinea Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said on June 16, 2026, that the Government of Prime Minister Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua had resigned after “failing to meet its objectives”.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
What Happens if Xi Outlasts Trump?
For the CCP — as with the Revolutionary Guard leaders in Tehran — the great victory would be to merely survive the Trump era.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
When Will Cuba Collapse? And What Happens Then?
There can be no clarity in viewing the post-communist era in the Caribbean.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Britain’s New Government Focuses on Domestic Welfare
Burnham should be expected to have a brief “holiday” period before he is challenged by the opposition to call new elections, given that the Burnham Government had no mandate from the electorate.
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | The US at 250
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Next Strategic Advantage: the Restoration of Literacy
Perhaps the “experiment” in universal, forced literacy, has been a failure, an historical blip. Literacy is in retreat because of technology and because inquiring minds challenge leadership patterns. Yet intellectual capacity— signified by literacy— determines strategic success. What is to be done?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
A Vortex of Decline Affecting Government Across the West
Starmer’s exit is indicative of the political turmoil afflicting Western governments around the world as nationalism overtakes globalism.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Senegal, a Key New Energy Supplier, May Not Yet be Stable
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
UK Strategic Recovery: A Long and Winding Road
How will Keir Starmer's resignation change the UK’s strategic direction? And, if so, in what way, and when?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Is North Korea in Play?
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?