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.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The Strategic Weaponization of Lying
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2020
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
War as a (Fatal) Diversion From Reality
Egypt has been in a proxy war with Ethiopia. Ethiopia failed to grasp this, because war would seem fatal for both sides. Then Egypt stepped back from the brink.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The New Global Re-Education Camp
The Strategic Impact of the Transformation of Education and the Education Industry
Albania
Balkans: Adriatic Sleight of Hand
Montenegro’s “religious freedom” law has become part of a pattern of East-West rivalry which includes US and EU attempts to see Moscow’s influence in Orthodoxy curtailed.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Information Dominance: Agitprop Meets the Social Media Age
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
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Ethiopia, Egypt: Yesterday’s Issues in Tomorrow’s World
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2020
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR