STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The PRC’s Internal Conversation
Beijing starts to frame a rationale and strategy for its New Thirty Years War with the United States.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Lord of the Flies Writ Large
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Settling in for the Long, Long War
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The Triumph of Belief
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Prestige = Legitimacy = Sovereignty = Power
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.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Reflections Caused by Demonic Visitations
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Notes on the Passing of Democracy
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Searching for Meaning in the US National Security Strategy
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Trump as Julius Cæsar; as Churchill
SOVEREIGNTY
The Indo-Pacific: The Question of West Papuan Independence
Indonesia is becoming increasingly concerned over the international momentum supporting the independence of West Papua.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Strategic Symbolism in an Era of Resurgent Identity Politics
A look at the example of how Ethiopia’s search for cohesiveness and growth reaches, of necessity, into its historical identity