AFRICA
The PuYi Syndrome
Washington, the Americas, and the Tragedy of PuYi: How the US awakes and finds itself isolated in its own region.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Past as Prologue
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Cold War Redux: The West Loses Africa’s Horn
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Grand Strategy: Opening Gambits
The set-piece Black Sea confrontation between the Royal Navy and Russia served as a theatrical start of a new era of conflict.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | US Marine Corps Reorganization Takes a Potentially Fatal Turn
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Beijing’s Indonesia Strategy
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2021
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2021
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Private Military Contracting: Outsourcing Warfare
Private sector military forces have again become a norm of national security for many governments. But, as history shows, the costs may be higher than desired.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Frameworks: How Sovereignty Evolves
The concept of the “Westphalian state” — the modern nation-state — has been evolving since 1648, but will we soon see a significant new way in which nationalism and sovereignty are perceived and structured? Somehow, the nation-state does not seem set to disappear.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Après moi, le déluge
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS