GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2019
SOVEREIGNTY
EN CLAIR | Beijing Reaps the African Whirlwind
SOVEREIGNTY
Sovereignty in the Age of Beijing: Can the PRC “Save” Australia? Or Any Nation?
Many Australians believe that their nation is caught in a wedge between the People’s Republic of China, its biggest trading partner, and the United States, its security ally and biggest investor. But is it? And what are the choices now open to sovereign states as the new global architecture emerges?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | When Ethics Collide With Strategic Logic
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Long Can South Africa Survive as a Cohesive State?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2019
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Sierra Leone Pres. Bio, Rarely in the Country, Stirs Deepening Unrest
SOVEREIGNTY
A New “East-West” Fault Line
A new strategic framework is possible in which the US could regain some leverage in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean. And it could see a resolution of the Kosovo problem which has dogged US credibility in the region since 2008.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria’s Political Polarization Continues
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Climate: Changing Political, Strategic Traction?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Iran Crosses a Threshold to Secure Regional Power
Iran’s leadership is confident it has succeeded in deterring the US from attack, and that Iran has now secured regional dominance as the US, it believes, winds down in the Persian Gulf.