PERSONNEL
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Russia, Syria, and the West: Finally at the Crossroads?
Russia has responded strenuously and unambiguously to the US, Turkish, Qatari, and Saudi provocations which began, and sustain, the war — and the Islamic Caliphate — in Syria.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Global Balance: The Global Tectonic Plates Begin to Move
Some of the short-term fog of global transformation is beginning to clear, showing the PRC and the US as — predictably — the great powers, but each facing profound existential challenges.
SOVEREIGNTY
EARLY WARNING | Now, the Battle for Europe Rages
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Behold, the Sack of Europe Commences
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
The Unlucky Country? Australia Faces its Most Difficult Challenge
Australia, long considered “the lucky country”, now faces the prospect that demand for its mineral exports will continue to decline, ending its strong period of economic growth while it sees little chance of rebuilding its historically innovative and competitive industrial base.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | How to Prepare for a Period of Chaos
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Libya: Key to the Caliphate Thrust Against Egypt, the Maghreb States, and Africa
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2015
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Australian-Canadian Strategic Alignment May Extend to Defense Procurement
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Thinking: Ways to Think About the Future
Long-range planning — or at least a superficial view of it — is back in vogue, but modern societies are paying the price for their inattention to history, and the stove-piping of intellectual skills. So how can the “grand strategy” matrix be re-introduced before it’s too late?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR