STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Conflict Mediation: Force of Personality
Some Essential Qualities for Mediators in Mediating Geopolitical Conflicts
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Governance Republic Versus Crown: Competition or Convergence?
A debate is emerging, for the first time in more than a century, over forms of governance. Is it a choice between “republic” and “monarchy”? Or something more? Are “crowned republics” an answer?
SOVEREIGNTY
The Indo-Pacific: The Question of West Papuan Independence
Indonesia is becoming increasingly concerned over the international momentum supporting the independence of West Papua.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The State of the USA: River of Doubt; Swamp of Despair
It may be that the Washington, DC campaign to isolate, capture, and subdue US Pres. Donald Trump has finally succeeded. If so, what does that mean for the global strategic environment? But does Donald Trump have options to regain control of the situation?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Australia’s Great Strategic Transition
Australia is about to embark upon only its second strategic “course correction” since Federation in 1901. But it has yet to determine a destination, or to plot a course.
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Eternal Patterns
AFRICA
Preparing for Xi’s Visit to Trump
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 01/2017
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The PRC’s New Garrisons in the South China Sea
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
NATO and Russia Consider the New Realities of Security
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
US Strategic Policy Options in a Post-Obama World
The incoming US Trump Administration has in many ways inherited a poisoned chalice, but, equally, there are many areas where decisive leadership is possible.
SOVEREIGNTY
Sovereignty Versus Globalism
Strategic Ramifications of the Trump Presidency in the US, and the Expression of Something Wider and Deeper