DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Collapse of the Treaty World
Treaties, including the “international rules-based world order” (or Pax Americana), the UN, the EU, and NATO are being dissolved, abandoned, or challenged. What comes next?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Uneasy Lies the Head that Advises the Crown
Does what we do make a positive difference in the life and history of our society? At what stage do we question what we may think are illogical or counter-productive orders or perceptions of a situation?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2025
RESOURCES
National Security and DEI
The salutary case study of Australia.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australia, the "Lucky Country", and its Need for Introspection
Australia's electoral dive back into apathy comes just when the country faces uncertainty.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
VALEDICTION | Kerry Collison: His Own Man
His epitaph has already been so eloquently written by an eloquent, important life.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Escaping the Strategic Impact of the Fevered Brain
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Global Cratometamorphosis Is Underway
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2025
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Pacific Warfare: Crossing Distant Beaches
Can rapid restoration of USMC capability in the Pacific be an easy, early win for incoming US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2025
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Recalibrating AUKUS (and FiveEyes) in the Second Trump Era?
Incoming Pres. Trump’s main challenge is not how to make the two key strategic alliances merge, but finding leaders in all the four other states who can see the strategic potential of the FiveEyes/AUKUS combine. There may be some blood on the floor as he jostles to get the outcome right.