DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2026
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Budget Superpower
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | Beijing Plays its Puppets in Buenos Aires and Brussels
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Global Trends: The Great Transition
The glacial drifts to and from autocracy
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New Total War: The PLA Case for a Coup Against Xi?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Can the BRICS Syndicate Finally Gain Strategic Traction?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CALIR | Has Africa Abandoned Hope For Democracy?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
A New Eastern Mediterranean Strategic Matrix is Evolving
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Xi Jinping and the Galtieri Syndrome: Indicators of an Irrational War?
How do strategic planners prepare for what seem to be irrational decisions by a leader such as Xi Jinping, who is isolated from advice and is prepared to define the national interest in his own terms, regardless of the possible outcome?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Beijing “Talks”: On the Psychology of Strategic Incompetence
Regardless of the tactical milestones, is the outcome of the PRC-US conflict largely foretold?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Great Game: The Endless, Vital Game
Russia is emerging as a major victor in the Great Game. Classical geopolitics lives on.