PERSONNEL
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Geopolitics: The Baseline Discipline of Strategy
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Indonesia’s New Light Aircraft Carrier is a Strategic Indicator; the Problem is the Indonesian Budget
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Military Aircraft Manufacturing Proliferation Creates a New Age of Alliance
Remaking the military aerospace market is very much a part of remaking the global strategic architecture. What is happening now takes us back to mid-20th Century frameworks and, increasingly, to a revived multi-polar world.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Ankara’s Mistake? The Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Defense Agreement
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Next Strategic Advantage: the Restoration of Literacy
Perhaps the “experiment” in universal, forced literacy, has been a failure, an historical blip. Literacy is in retreat because of technology and because inquiring minds challenge leadership patterns. Yet intellectual capacity— signified by literacy— determines strategic success. What is to be done?
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Further Indicators of Türkiye’s Nuclear Weapons Ambitions
The Turkish defense complex keeps moving toward the nuclearization of its strategic capabilities, from nuclear powered submarines – SSNs or SSGNs – as well as nuclear weapons. And Israel seems set to confront Türkiye before this becomes an operational reality.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Is Türkiye Nuclear Ready?
Türkiye must now be considered a nuclear weapons state, or at least an incipient nuclear weapons state.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2025
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2025
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2025
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Big One: India Versus Pakistan, 2025 Edition
A new Indo-Pak war may now be unavoidable, and this time it is a much bigger affair.