SOVEREIGNTY
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Breaking Stalemates: Current Context
There is no doubt that Iran and North Korea have capable nuclear weapons systems and the means to deliver them. This has created in their leaderships a new-found confidence, which has been expressed in recent actions.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Britain Comes Home to the World, But Where Is Its Plan?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Now It Gets Murky: How the US-DPRK Talks Can Evolve
Suddenly, the lights of the diplomatic theater dim, and a wider cast of players — more than initially indicated — move in the shadows. Until now, it has been a game of relatively honest posturing: brightly lit theater.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Great Game: The DPRK-US Minuette
The impending Trump-Kim talks, as forecast a year ago, provided the first challenge of global consequence to the strategic rise of the PRC. Beijing has already begun to respond. There are more than two dancers in this minuette.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Ethiopia Achieves a Profound Change, But Complexities Abound
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Ethiopia’s Slide Into Ethnic Politics Shows the National Fragility
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | After GDP, What?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Searching for Meaning in the US National Security Strategy
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
How Beijing Handles Change in Africa
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Russia’s Bid to End World War II With Japan, and the Strategic Consequences
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Governance Republic Versus Crown: Competition or Convergence?
A debate is emerging, for the first time in more than a century, over forms of governance. Is it a choice between “republic” and “monarchy”? Or something more? Are “crowned republics” an answer?