PERSONNEL
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Assessing Long-Term Threats and Trends
The most important, least invested, security priority
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Japan’s View of its Current Threat Position
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
How the New Multi-Polar Defense Industrial World Drives Geopolitical Evolution
Global defense industrial thinking is becoming far more entrepreneurial and creative as major defense forces break with absolute strategic integration with the US, or any other major power.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Seizing Certainty: The Growing Japan-Australia Closeness
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Civilizational Collapse as Reality
The November 2025 publication of the United States' National Security Strategy was widely seen by critics as proof of a clear and explicit divergence between the United States and Europe.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2025
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Japan Re-Emerges After 80 Years
Japan, with the fifth largest economy in the world, has begun its return to the world strategic stage after eight decades of penance, apology, and subordination to the US following Japan’s World War II defeat by the Allies.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2025
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Élites as an Informal Influence on Society
Élites of all types exert influence on society, and therefore on government and policy. In a period of disruption, such as now, can we expect — and do we need — the stabilizing resurrection of traditionally-respected figures of influence to calm the transition?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2025
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE