STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
ESSENTIAL READING | Debating Brexit
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Terrorism: The Jihad Escalates In Europe
But it’s not necessarily driven just by DI’ISH, the Islamic State. It has its core within Europe.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2016
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Australia’s Submarine Decision: Politics Before Strategy?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
ESSENTIAL READING | Whither Britain?
Important New Strategic Literature
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Alliance-Building in the RedMed
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have been at the forefront of attempts to build new realities on the ground in the Red Sea-Eastern Mediterranean areas. But there are many sub-sets and contradictions at play, including significant underlying rivalries.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Toward a Perspective on the Next Era of Global Security
Why the End of the Age of Consumerism and Scale Will Change the Balance of Power
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | Britain: A Referendum for the World
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2016
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Australia opts for Forward Defense
Australia’s new Defence White Paper and associated policy papers provoke significant major power interest, largely because Australia is looking, for the first time, at forward projection of capability. But it faces enormous challenges in rebuilding its defense industrial capabilities.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Libya’s Gathering and Critical Jihad
What are Libya’s, and the international community’s, options in the face of the Islamic Caliphate’s growing rôle in Libya? The pace of the conflict there has broadened following a “mega-merger” of jihadist groups under the Caliphate’s banner.