AFRICA
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | Persistent Lessons
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australian Government Implodes
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2013
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Myanmar and the US: Stumbling Toward a Critical Relationship
Chinese maritime strategy has been to ensure access to — even dominance of — the critical ASEAN and Indian Ocean sea lanes, vital to its interests, and vital to containing any potential rivalry with India. For India and the US, the reverse has been the case.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Emerging Trends: Practical Implications of De-Urbanization
“All cities are parasites, feeding off their agricultural hinterlands, but the cities that thrive best develop a relationship with their hinterland which over time becomes distinctly more symbiotic than parasitic.”1
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
The Transition Beyond Strategic Nuclear War
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Nature and Cyber Warfare: Hurricane Sandy Showed the Vulnerability of Cities to Cyber Threats
Cyber threats now have potentially greater destructive power than nuclear weapons
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Changes in Latitudes; Changes in Attitudes
Changes in the Global Strategic Architecture and their Ramifications for Sea Lane Security, with Particular Emphasis on the South China Sea Issue.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy in an Age of Global Realignment
A Three-Part Presentation on Grand Strategy, the Global Condition and Outlook, and a Context for 21st Century Strategic Policy.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
South America: When States Pursue a Narcotic Agenda
President Evo Morales of Bolivia has emerged as a major narcotics trafficker for a variety of strategic reasons, mostly related to his retention of power.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Economic Strategy: Making the Numbers Work
The Strategic Impact of Population Growth on Pakistan’s Agricultural, Energy and Economic Trends