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
Strategic Biographies: Key Individuals Currently in the Spotlight
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Urban-Regions War Has Begun
The United Kingdom’s Brexit decision — at least the electorate’s decision — to quit the European Union marked the first major reversal of the dominance of urban capitals over their hinterland regions in the post-Cold War era.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
Domestic Security: Strategic Policing in the 21st Century
Polarized societies, the byproduct of the Internet and social media as well as the breakdown of national identity caused by urbanization and globalization, has created a new world for domestic security forces.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkey’s Trident: Erdoğan’s Moves to Dominate the Black Sea
Any pretense that Turkey is not at war with Russia, or that it does not have strategic ambitions from Western Europe to China, are being dispelled as the Turkish President creates Sunni jihadi groups and military alliances which directly challenge NATO and China.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Strategic Trajectories of Change in Iran and Saudi
Afghanistan
Information Dominance: The Invisible Hand of Strategy
An updated version of Dr Stefan T. Possony’s 1975 basic introduction to psychological strategy