SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Dynamics of 2025
Has the “age of heroes” begun its return? Leaders replacing managers?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Syria: Türkiye’s New Plan and the Rôle of Russia
Russia, perceived as the big loser with the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad Government, sees a bigger goal: the potential to break up NATO as the US and Israel move to support the autonomy of the regional Kurdish populations.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Syria: Russia’s Mistakes and the Traps Awaiting Türkiye
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Commonwealth’s Surprising Power and BRICS’ Fragility
CHOGM showed that the sun had not set on the British Empire, but that the Empire — now the Commonwealth — has prospered, and that the Crown, as head of it, has moved well beyond the grasp of the Government of the United Kingdom.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Optimism of Possibly Reaching Bedrock?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Ramifications of UK Cession of the Chagos to Mauritius
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Looking at the Classic Autocracies ...
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Risk Averse? Risk Ignorant?
Calculating risk, opportunity, and context: how the failure of our policy tools contributes to the current collapse of the strategic balance. Changing times mean changing tools.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Is the Ethiopian War Saga Ending, or Just Beginning?
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Awakening From Dreams: Strategic Infrastructure Plans Which May Disappear
Great plans to transform global supply chain dominance have largely been destroyed by economic and political collapse, from Beijing to most Western capitals.
PERSONNEL