PERSONNEL
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
US Elections: Everyone is Watching
Strategic Ramifications of the 2016 US Presidential and Congressional Elections
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Urban-Regions War Has Begun
The United Kingdom’s Brexit decision — at least the electorate’s decision — to quit the European Union marked the first major reversal of the dominance of urban capitals over their hinterland regions in the post-Cold War era.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | How China’s Slowdown Hits the BRICS and Others
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | East of Suez, the New Great Game Breaks Into the Open
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.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2015
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Controlling Crisis in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea
Does “peacekeeping”, as it is presently construed by the United Nations concept, really provide long-term resolution of the problems which caused the conflicts? What are our objectives? Have we even defined them?
SOVEREIGNTY
South-East Asia’s Dilemma
Has ASEAN and its allies left it too late to counter the PRC’s oceanic expansion?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
RedMed: The Global Nexus at the Suez, Red Sea, and Horn of Africa
Why the RedMed Region is Becoming Increasingly Central to the Emerging Global Strategic Framework
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | East Asia’s Busy Year
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Now Can Cyrus and Darius Be Recalled - The Persians, Not the Clerics, Begin to Revive
The July 14, 2015, major power accord with Iran was portrayed as the deliverance of the laws of the international community upon Iran. But it has delivered more consequences than any of the parties could have considered.