GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Indonesia Moves to a Bigger Stage, Despite Ongoing Domestic Issues
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Transitions - 06/2018
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Malaysia: Russia Insures Against the PRC
SOVEREIGNTY
On the Matter of Constitutional and Institutional Choice
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Breaking Stalemates: Current Context
There is no doubt that Iran and North Korea have capable nuclear weapons systems and the means to deliver them. This has created in their leaderships a new-found confidence, which has been expressed in recent actions.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | Mahathir’s Return in Malaysia Promises Significant Change
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Great Game: The DPRK-US Minuette
The impending Trump-Kim talks, as forecast a year ago, provided the first challenge of global consequence to the strategic rise of the PRC. Beijing has already begun to respond. There are more than two dancers in this minuette.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Strategic Trajectories: The Emerging Indo-Pacific Quad Has Shadow Alliances Around It
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | US National Defense Strategy: Back to Normal; Back to a New World
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Is Australia Becoming the Quadripartite “Alliance” Weak Link?
The US Trump Administration, Japan’s Abe Government, and India’s Modi Government appear to be in lock-step in forming the new “Quadripartite” Alliance in the Indo-Pacific, just as a vital partner, Australia’s Turnbull Government, appears to be losing internal momentum.