CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The FARC Dilemma
The failure of Colombian voters to ratify a painfully-negotiated treaty with rebel group FARC has profound ramifications for narco-trafficking, as well as for Colombia’s future.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: The History Of What’s Next
ASIA
EN CLAIR | Is Australia Ready to Abandon Its French Submarine Program?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Juggernaut: US Politics at Work
A US presidential election of unprecedented opacity may lead to a Clinton presidency of continued strategic decline. Assuming she wins.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Outlook: Emerging Strategic Factors
The High Wellborn Count Axel Oxenstierna of Södermöre, Lord High Rikskansler of Sweden, played an important rôle in the Thirty Years’ War before he died in 1654.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2016
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
ESSENTIAL READING | Droning On
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
US Elections: Everyone is Watching
Strategic Ramifications of the 2016 US Presidential and Congressional Elections
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkey’s Putsch: The Broader Context Shows it as a Catalyst
Ankara has placed itself deliberately on an all-or-nothing path which envisages only Turkish strategic dominance, lightly disguised by attempts to diplomatically hold the international community at bay as it prepares its ground.
SOVEREIGNTY
A New Center to Study Monarchies, Traditional Governance, and Sovereignty
PERSONNEL