STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Secret War at the Global Hub
Ethiopia’s war evades foreign scrutiny, but highlights UAE-Saudi-Turkish competition
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Invisible Trenches of World War IV
In today’s global “new total war” battlefield, all effort is being placed on the offensive, and none on the defensive. No-one wins, but someone loses. And the global architecture changes.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Türkiye Builds its “New Soviet Man”
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Costs of the Threats Which Never Come
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
US Election Year 2024 — How Does It Affect the World?
Most governments around the world are aware that US foreign and strategic policy is transformed during a US presidential election year, which occurs each four years. Is 2024 any different from past election years? And what does this portend for the world?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | All the News That Fits the View
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The End of “the End of the World” is Nigh
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Geopolitics: The Re-Shaped Middle East Is Transforming the World
Old concepts of “the Middle East” using various geographic models, or using Arab or Arabic or Muslim overlays, are now not representative of the “new Middle East” which is, for the first time in centuries, less definable than ever, by its name and by other simple descriptors.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2024
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | History Through Recognition
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Malaysia’s New Elected King
Malaysia crowned a new king on January 31, 2024, and he promises — like King Charles III in the UK — to add new dynamism to the monarchy, and re-define its rôle.