GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
China: The Song Has Ended, But the Malady Lingers On
Xi Jinping’s powers were re-affirmed, apparently, at the recent Beidaihe retreat, but the challenges to him and the Communist Party have not receded.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Shinzo Abe’s Departure at a Difficult Time
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Long, Troubled, and Unfinished Saga of Sino-Russian Relations
Beijing is under massive pressure from a failing economy, a society disrupted by coronavirus, and massive natural disasters. Why would it pick a fight at this particular time with Russia over long-standing mutual territorial claims?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Preparing for the Beijing Dénouement
Does Xi Jinping move outward, inward, or both? And to what effect? And, after that, what?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Australia Highlights New Indo-Pac Realities
RESOURCES
Russia’s Plans to Dominate Energy
Moscow’s energy strategy plays to Russia’s considerable strengths
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Global Strategy: The Critical “Phony War”
Beijing’s new war against the US and the West could be won or lost before kinetic actions get serious
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Did Beijing Galvanize the Launch of a New Anti-PRC Coalition?
In the US, a Democratic Party presidential election victory by its candidate Biden over Trump in Nov. 2020 would be a victory for the CPC, which might then see US challenges to the PRC once again recede. But, even then, could the CPC recover momentum? Could the US? Trend patterns are being changed.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Post-COVID-19: Re-Thinking Indonesia
Afghanistan
Beijing’s “Unavoidable” War: The 21st Century’s Total War Has Begun
The new form of “total war” which Beijing has begun is more comprehensive and amorphous than any strategic engagement seen thus far in history. And Beijing has learned from history: direct military engagement is, of necessity, a very secondary component. This is a war which Pres.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Coronavirus Impacts the Australian Defense Outlook
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS