GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
SOVEREIGNTY
The Kurdish Referendum: Perpetual Victims
Kurdistan’s saga is far from over, but, for now, US influence has diminished significantly.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Collapse of the Kingdom: MbS Adds Accelerant to the Saudi Fire
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2017
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CALIR | NZ Election Ties into Broader Indo-Pacific Change
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Russia’s Bid to End World War II With Japan, and the Strategic Consequences
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?
SOVEREIGNTY
Cratometamorphosis: Inclusion, Exclusion, Seclusion?
The mounting hysteria over secessionist and sovereignty movements — whether in Catalonia, Scotland, Kurdistan, Turkey, West Papua, or Oromia — should cause political leaders to reflect on the causes of national schisms rather than merely to attempt to suppress them.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Race: Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | Beijing Dispenses with Niceties
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2017
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?