SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2017
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Race: Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Why Turkey’s Old Allies Delay Acknowledging Reality
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?
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | Indian Ocean Hub
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Iran, Turkey: Keep Allies Close; Keep Rivals Still Closer
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The State of the USA: River of Doubt; Swamp of Despair
It may be that the Washington, DC campaign to isolate, capture, and subdue US Pres. Donald Trump has finally succeeded. If so, what does that mean for the global strategic environment? But does Donald Trump have options to regain control of the situation?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Impulse in the US Toward Civil War
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Korean Peninsula “Crisis” Inches to the End Game
PERSONNEL