STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Moving the Global Geopolitical Center of Gravity
Why is the global strategic architecture changing? What led to it? How is it changing? How can we plan for it? Who will be at the center of gravity of the next era? And where?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Attack on Syria: US Has Returned to “Business as Usual”
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Are We Building An Inherently Fragile World?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense & Intelligence Appointments - 03/2017
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | The Identity Fulcrum
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: Zig-Zagging Toward the Future
Why is it that futurists, including strategic planners, fail to account for the profound, underlying impact of reversals in population growth, urbanization, and transnational migration, while emphasizing the impact of technology and economic stability?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The Decisive War of Democracies
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Much Longer Can “Stealth” Provide an Advantage?
An Estimate of an area of key current significance. By Gregory R. Copley
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2017
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Leadership Symbolism: Descendant of the Sage in China
Is the rôle of the Sacrificial Official to Confucius a potential future factor in greater China identity issues?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The RedMed: Somaliland’s Furor Reflects Wider Conflicts
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The Third Border: The US’ Challenge in the Caribbean
A passports-for-sale scandal in Dominica revealed an interesting global corruption network, and a PRC intelligence focus on the “third US Border” in the Caribbean.