SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
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.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Nigeria’s Political Processes Grind Toward Change in 2018-19
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Is the Iranian Empire Finally Re-Emerging?
A revived Persian Empire is within Iran’s grasp. The mullahs’ Tehran, which had long resisted the call of traditional Persian geopolitical thinking, now seems to be embracing Persian geopolitics...
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Collapse of the Kingdom: MbS Adds Accelerant to the Saudi Fire
SOVEREIGNTY
EARLY WARNING | The Forgotten Do Not Forget
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CALIR | NZ Election Ties into Broader Indo-Pacific Change
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Race: Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2017
SOVEREIGNTY
Kim’s New Posture
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?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE