HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Military Doctrine: “Drones” in Modern Warfare
Unmanned aerial vehicles help shape battlefields. But how much more do we know?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Moving to the Major Phase of the PRC’s “New Civil War”
The civil war within the party moves into a new phase of suppression of Xi’s opponents and the broader public. The damage to the international economy will be immense. The cost to the Chinese people will be immeasurably more severe.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Iran: Is This the Time When Change Will Come? Or Not?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Paul Kennedy Endures
Important New Strategic Literature
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Unrest in Nigeria: A SitRep
The proliferation of insurrectionist and criminal threats has pushed Nigeria to a decisive, but by no means irretrievable, point. Its options, however, are likely to become more clear after the 2023 election.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Southern Africa Instability Now at Dangerous Levels
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Military Conflict Evolves, and with It, Uncertainty
Armed conflicts are now more likely to occur, but warfighting lessons — from Russia-Ukraine and the PRC-ROC/US — are still incomplete, and outcomes uncertain.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Ceremonial Decapitation of a Dead Terrorist
Al-Qaida’s revival must be considered unlikely. The very expensive assassination of Dr al-Zawahiri must be considered nostalgic strategic tokenism. It didn’t alter the strategic equation at all.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Three Views of Naval Warfare
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | A Unilateral Weapon
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Sri Lanka and the Start of a Starvation Pandemic
Poor governmental decisions are leading to starvation…and public retaliation.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | The South Pacific: A War to Start All Wars?
Beijing ups its Indo-Pacific thrust while the West diverts its resources into Europe.