SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Architecture: The Era of Strategic Containment is Over
Everything changes when heartland powers become maritime powers
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Outlook: Emerging Strategic Factors
The High Wellborn Count Axel Oxenstierna of Södermöre, Lord High Rikskansler of Sweden, played an important rôle in the Thirty Years’ War before he died in 1654.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkey’s Putsch: The Broader Context Shows it as a Catalyst
Ankara has placed itself deliberately on an all-or-nothing path which envisages only Turkish strategic dominance, lightly disguised by attempts to diplomatically hold the international community at bay as it prepares its ground.
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Islands and Highlands of a Dynamic Red Sea
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | Maneuvering Continues in the Lower Red Sea
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | East of Suez, the New Great Game Breaks Into the Open
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Alliance-Building in the RedMed
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have been at the forefront of attempts to build new realities on the ground in the Red Sea-Eastern Mediterranean areas. But there are many sub-sets and contradictions at play, including significant underlying rivalries.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Yemen: Grinding Military Progress, But What Outcome?
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Australia opts for Forward Defense
Australia’s new Defence White Paper and associated policy papers provoke significant major power interest, largely because Australia is looking, for the first time, at forward projection of capability. But it faces enormous challenges in rebuilding its defense industrial capabilities.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Strategic Centrality
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The RedMed: All Change, Again, on the Red Sea
The People’s Republic of China begins its Djibouti troop deployment as base construction accelerates; meanwhile, Djibouti builds on its rapprochement with Riyadh.