STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Surviving the First Shot
It is said that no plan of campaign survives beyond the first shot fired. But, in the case of the Russia-Ukraine military campaign of February-March 2022, and — most importantly — all that contrived to its beginning, some trends and lessons are already visible.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Jakarta: Balancing, Yet Moving
Indonesia's movement toward greater regional economic and strategic power is showing success, and it is occurring with excruciating care to balance its position between superpowers.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
New Realities Emerging in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is the anvil of a new world. But what exactly is the new world?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Beijing’s Indonesia Strategy
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Run Silent, Run Sometime. Please
Australia is running into a new “submarine gap”, and a submarine budget which severely distorts its defense budget and strategic profile. What is to be done?
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Much Could the Loss of West Papua Hurt Indonesia?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Australia’s New Government: A Stable Commitment to Defense and Indo-Pacific Security
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Changes in the Indian Ocean at the Core of the “New Balance”
Could the UK soon lose sovereignty over Diego Garcia? If so, the US would lose another key base in the Indo-Pacific. And how are Oman and Qatar planning for the future? Could the US even project force again into a major Afghan operation, or into Iraq?
Afghanistan