MIGRATION
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Taking It to the Street: Democracy as Mobocracy
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Strategic Philosophy: Blind New World?
A new global balance is emerging. But how do strategic policymakers address a framework to manage change? Is the Westphalian concept of a nation-state likely to survive, or will it be temporarily eclipsed by the city state? What aspects of current military technology and doctrine remain viable?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Australia Moving Cautiously on Defense
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pakistan in a Totally Transformed World
Pakistan’s strategic context transformed with the start of a new war in Afghanistan in 2001. It is now emerging into the “post-Afghan War”, Post-US Years, which will transform it yet again. But what will this entail?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | New Australian Government Faces Security Issues
An Estimate of an area of key current significance. Report from Canberra
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2013
ASIA
Can Abe Revive Japan?
Japan has the tools to transform its strategic position, from resource exploitation to nuclear weapons. To a significant degree, the matter is now very much in the hands of one man: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Victory in Syria: But For Whom?
The US White House, under President Barack Obama, was, by the end of May 2013, considering how to begin more direct engagement in the fighting inside Syria.
AFRICA
EARLY WARNING | The Year the Earth Shifted on its Axis
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | Persistent Lessons
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS