STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Lessons for the Pacific
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
China: What if Xi Jinping Survives?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | Farewell, China Dream. Hello, Cold Dawn
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
One BRIC at a Time
The Africa-Middle East space and the implications of the BRICS expansion and rising instability: it’s all about perception, and perception counts.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
The New Total War Economy
How can Xi Jinping, without a strategy or an economic philosophy, promise a war without a war economy?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | More Taiwan Gaming
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New Total War: The PLA Case for a Coup Against Xi?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Xi Readies His Remaining Strategic Weapon, AI, for Use Soon
Xi and his team have been considering for some years how they could use weaponized cyber and artificial intelligence to create a global strategic victory without the use of formal military confrontation.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Xi Jinping and the Galtieri Syndrome: Indicators of an Irrational War?
How do strategic planners prepare for what seem to be irrational decisions by a leader such as Xi Jinping, who is isolated from advice and is prepared to define the national interest in his own terms, regardless of the possible outcome?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Beijing “Talks”: On the Psychology of Strategic Incompetence
Regardless of the tactical milestones, is the outcome of the PRC-US conflict largely foretold?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Architecture: When Will There Be a New Global Order?
The “Rules-Based World Order” is in hospice care. Are we already in the inter-pax years?