DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Why the Trump-Xi Talks Disappeared Without Trace
AFRICA
Preparing for Xi’s Visit to Trump
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Leadership Symbolism: Descendant of the Sage in China
Is the rôle of the Sacrificial Official to Confucius a potential future factor in greater China identity issues?
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The Third Border: The US’ Challenge in the Caribbean
A passports-for-sale scandal in Dominica revealed an interesting global corruption network, and a PRC intelligence focus on the “third US Border” in the Caribbean.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Cock-Crow of Strategic Change
The Year of the Rooster may be the cock-crow of the dawn of a new strategic cycle.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The PRC’s New Garrisons in the South China Sea
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Watershed Changes in the Indo-Pacific Balance?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
US Strategic Policy Options in a Post-Obama World
The incoming US Trump Administration has in many ways inherited a poisoned chalice, but, equally, there are many areas where decisive leadership is possible.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | From High-Risk Retreat To…
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EARLY WARNING | Opening Eyes in the Indo-Pacific
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Architecture: The Era of Strategic Containment is Over
Everything changes when heartland powers become maritime powers