ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
State of the World: Parlous, Transforming, Yet in Some Ways Stabilizing, Optimistic
The optimism may be hard to find, but the fact that crisis is now clearly upon us gives a certain clarity.
SOVEREIGNTY
EN CLAIR | Beijing Reaps the African Whirlwind
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Why a Coup Attempt in Southern Africa is Strategically Important
The UK has reportedly been promised concessions to exploit Eswatini reserves of diamonds and natural gas, among other things, in a “post-Mswati” Eswatini. And yet the Swati people and chiefdoms overwhelming support their traditional structures and monarchy.
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Long Can South Africa Survive as a Cohesive State?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | A “Coup Attempt” in Ethiopia May Be Something Different
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2019
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Unfinished Boer War Business
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Why the Changes in eSwatini Should Be of Strategic Interest
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
SOVEREIGNTY
The Inevitable Return of Sovereignty
History's cyclical patterns make the case that sovereignty must make its return as the dominant driver of the global strategic architecture of the 21st Century, whether we like it or not. And apparently most societies demand it, particularly when uncertainty strikes.
SOVEREIGNTY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Africa III: South Africa Continues Lurch Toward Major Internal Crisis
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Africa I: Abiy Transforms the Horn, and Egypt’s Position
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS