PERSONNEL
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | India Seems on a Path to Vote for an End to its Malaise
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
ESSENTIAL READING | Pacific Overtures
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Taking It to the Street: Democracy as Mobocracy
ASIA
Can Abe Revive Japan?
Japan has the tools to transform its strategic position, from resource exploitation to nuclear weapons. To a significant degree, the matter is now very much in the hands of one man: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Australia’s Phony Political War and Difficult Future
An Estimate of an area of key current significance
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Myanmar and the US: Stumbling Toward a Critical Relationship
Chinese maritime strategy has been to ensure access to — even dominance of — the critical ASEAN and Indian Ocean sea lanes, vital to its interests, and vital to containing any potential rivalry with India. For India and the US, the reverse has been the case.