STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EARLY WARNING | The Pentagon’s “Third Offset” is Too Limited
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Sanctions: The White House Cuba Hypocrisy
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | All Change
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | EU Moves Afoot to End the Sanctions Against Russia
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
South Asian Uncertainties
Pakistan-US relations have revived in a sudden rapprochement based on Islamabad’s determination to reject all — not just some — Taliban, but India now seems determined not to take advantage of this victory, and has returned to a policy of strategic confrontation and escalation against Pakistan.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy: Sanctions Busting
Do sanctions work, or do they exacerbate conflict, in a multi-polar strategic environment? And who suffers most? Could it be the sanctioning states? French Pres. Hollande succumbed — at least temporarily — to US pressure on delivery of Mistral ships to Russia, which pays the price.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | New Technology and New Doctrine for a New Era
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Uniting Oceans
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Has the PRC Decided on its Global Strategic Posture?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Next Big Thing
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategy: To Win is to Change, and in Many Ways
Almost all decisive strategic victories — winning the peace, not just the battle — derive from the adoption of game-changing capabilities, as well as strategic depth. Competing through linear development of old approaches is expensive and dangerous, especially when budgets are tight.