SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Preparing for the Beijing Dénouement
Does Xi Jinping move outward, inward, or both? And to what effect? And, after that, what?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2020
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Global Strategy: The Critical “Phony War”
Beijing’s new war against the US and the West could be won or lost before kinetic actions get serious
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Did Beijing Galvanize the Launch of a New Anti-PRC Coalition?
In the US, a Democratic Party presidential election victory by its candidate Biden over Trump in Nov. 2020 would be a victory for the CPC, which might then see US challenges to the PRC once again recede. But, even then, could the CPC recover momentum? Could the US? Trend patterns are being changed.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2020
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Post-COVID-19: Re-Thinking South Africa
If there’s smoke, there must be cigarette smuggling. South Africa, Beijing’s most important African client state, sustains its seemingly-inexorable downward momentum.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Post-COVID-19: Re-Thinking Indonesia
Afghanistan
Beijing’s “Unavoidable” War: The 21st Century’s Total War Has Begun
The new form of “total war” which Beijing has begun is more comprehensive and amorphous than any strategic engagement seen thus far in history. And Beijing has learned from history: direct military engagement is, of necessity, a very secondary component. This is a war which Pres.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2020
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Outlook Post-COVID-19: Re-Thinking Australia
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Outlook Post-COVID-19: Re-Thinking Much of Africa
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS