PERSONNEL
SOVEREIGNTY
Governance: The King is Dead? Not by a Long Shot
The usurpation of monarchical governance has been widely promoted as an inexorable trend, but it is a trend now facing reversal in many areas of the world. This report looks at the rôle of monarchies in recent world history, and how, as an example, they play a rôle in securing the future.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Buhari Moves Towards an Early Exit
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australia: Lucky Country?
Has Australia's luck abandoned it at a critical time in history?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Washington and Seoul: Is it Over?
Beijing, Moscow, Pyongyang, and Seoul now feel back in charge of the Korean Peninsula dynamic. Where does that leave Washington?
SOVEREIGNTY
The Inevitable Return of Sovereignty
History's cyclical patterns make the case that sovereignty must make its return as the dominant driver of the global strategic architecture of the 21st Century, whether we like it or not. And apparently most societies demand it, particularly when uncertainty strikes.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | The Dark Korean Shadow Play
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | US Faces Exclusion from the Korean, Silk Road Dynamic
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 08/2019
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s Crisis May Be Terminal
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Nigeria’s Buhari Government Implodes
Nigeria’s internal security situation was, by mid-August 2018, almost at a tipping point, with the Government of Pres. Muhammadu Buhari now unable to control corruption, law enforcement, or the war against insurgents.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Greater Syria: Can Wishing Make It So?
Historical fatalism, water and food shortages, and jihadism conspire to set the stage for a major conflict escalation based on “Greater Syria”. It is already underway.