ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
State of the World: Parlous, Transforming, Yet in Some Ways Stabilizing, Optimistic
The optimism may be hard to find, but the fact that crisis is now clearly upon us gives a certain clarity.
SOVEREIGNTY
Sovereignty in the Age of Beijing: Can the PRC “Save” Australia? Or Any Nation?
Many Australians believe that their nation is caught in a wedge between the People’s Republic of China, its biggest trading partner, and the United States, its security ally and biggest investor. But is it? And what are the choices now open to sovereign states as the new global architecture emerges?
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Long Can South Africa Survive as a Cohesive State?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Defense and Strategic Planning Challenges in an Entirely New Age
Trends in geopolitical, economic, and technological developments increasingly need to be viewed within a global context. The age of stovepiping, which worked during much of the Cold War, cannot be expected to work now, or through the coming decades. Everything is connected.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | India's Biggest Gamble? Crushing the Kashmir Problem
India, having finally lost the battle to win the Kashmir Valley's Muslim-majority population by political means, began moving in August 2019 to win control over its restive region by overwhelming punitive action. But it risks a longlasting strategic blowback.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Do Ancient Aliens Drive Tomorrow's Events?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Australia’s New Government: A Stable Commitment to Defense and Indo-Pacific Security
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Terrorism and Social Schisms: Are There Lessons From the New Zealand Attack?
How the New Zealand Government and the media responded to a terrorist attack in Christchurch sheds light on how such incidents impact societies which are already divided between urbanism and nationalism.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | What Does Australia’s Impending Government Change Portend?
The damage the Labor policies would do to the value of the Australian dollar would further exacerbate the ability of Australia to pay for the massive foreign capital programs, particularly the F-35A and the French submarines.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
On Which Our Fates Depend
Are the 2 emerging global pillars more at risk from themselves than from each other? Are we seeing the re-emergence of the world division into the maritime states versus the heartland powers? Could the PRC become the first true global heartland/maritime power? What are the three overriding factors?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Self-Fulfilling Lunacies of Short-Termism
PERSONNEL