PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2023
Algeria
Air Power Lessons: Evaluating the Ongoing Air Campaign Over Ukraine
It is clear that, well into the Russia-Ukraine war, Moscow’s combat air operations, and Russia’s doctrine and objectives, were not yet understood by Western professional observers.
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | A History of Savagery
Important New Strategic Literature
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Surviving the First Shot
It is said that no plan of campaign survives beyond the first shot fired. But, in the case of the Russia-Ukraine military campaign of February-March 2022, and — most importantly — all that contrived to its beginning, some trends and lessons are already visible.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2022
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Central Asia's Theater
How the US withdrawal from Afghanistan started a chain which led to Kazakhstan's coup
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Private Military Contracting: Outsourcing Warfare
Private sector military forces have again become a norm of national security for many governments. But, as history shows, the costs may be higher than desired.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
War in a Time of Weakness
The 2020 Fear Pandemic breakpoint has moved the world from “strategic competition” to semi-formal hostilities. It is now about strategic management in a period of economic and population decline.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
War, With and Without the Media: Beijing and New Delhi Each Tackle Critical Information Dominance Challenges
The net effect of the PRC and India simultaneously addressing “domestic” unrest may reflect current international distractions, but long-term damage to their strategic freedom of action is likely to occur
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Hong Kong's Protests Reflect the New Global Strategic Realities Challenging Beijing
Affairs in smaller geopolitical entities — such as Hong Kong and Dominica — show significant vulnerabilities in Beijing's apparently seamless rise to strategic power.