STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | Beijing Dispenses with Niceties
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Why Turkey’s Old Allies Delay Acknowledging Reality
SOVEREIGNTY
Kim’s New Posture
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Governance Republic Versus Crown: Competition or Convergence?
A debate is emerging, for the first time in more than a century, over forms of governance. Is it a choice between “republic” and “monarchy”? Or something more? Are “crowned republics” an answer?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Putin Moves to Seize Control of the North Korea Issue
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | Indian Ocean Hub
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Iran, Turkey: Keep Allies Close; Keep Rivals Still Closer
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa’s Significant Rôle in Beijing’s Global Strategy
Africa has assumed a central rôle in the strategy of the PRC, and promises to become — through China’s portion of the Silk Road — integral to Beijing’s future.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The State of the USA: River of Doubt; Swamp of Despair
It may be that the Washington, DC campaign to isolate, capture, and subdue US Pres. Donald Trump has finally succeeded. If so, what does that mean for the global strategic environment? But does Donald Trump have options to regain control of the situation?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Impulse in the US Toward Civil War
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES