DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Xi Jinping hoped to rebuild his fortunes with his visit to North Korea, and state visits from Trump and Putin, but there is a real sense of emptiness after all the fanfare.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Just as the West did not want to believe the old Cold War was over, and its players changed, so it does not wish to consider North Korea a non-communist state. But it truly may be. What is it, and how can the strategic equation now be re-evaluated?
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Major Western powers have for some time hidden their knowledge that Iran has already developed, tested, and deployed nuclear warheads for its strategic missiles. It is now critical to acknowledge the true position, and to assess the likelihood of their use.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The new Russo-North Korean “treaty” is designed to help Moscow and Pyongyang protect themselves from Beijing, for sound strategic reasons. The view that it was all about the US or South Korea misses the point, and the message for the future.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The global military environment has, with the political division of the world, changed dramatically since 1990. But military doctrine, and the tools to cope with the new world, are still insufficiently developed.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Africa-Middle East space and the implications of the BRICS expansion and rising instability: it’s all about perception, and perception counts.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Regardless of the tactical milestones, is the outcome of the PRC-US conflict largely foretold?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Washington think-tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), recently held a revealing wargaming exercise on a PRC invasion of Taiwan.