SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Private Military Contracting: Outsourcing Warfare
Private sector military forces have again become a norm of national security for many governments. But, as history shows, the costs may be higher than desired.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Frameworks: How Sovereignty Evolves
The concept of the “Westphalian state” — the modern nation-state — has been evolving since 1648, but will we soon see a significant new way in which nationalism and sovereignty are perceived and structured? Somehow, the nation-state does not seem set to disappear.
Afghanistan
Beijing’s “Unavoidable” War: The 21st Century’s Total War Has Begun
The new form of “total war” which Beijing has begun is more comprehensive and amorphous than any strategic engagement seen thus far in history. And Beijing has learned from history: direct military engagement is, of necessity, a very secondary component. This is a war which Pres.
SOVEREIGNTY
Sovereignty in the Age of Beijing: Can the PRC “Save” Australia? Or Any Nation?
Many Australians believe that their nation is caught in a wedge between the People’s Republic of China, its biggest trading partner, and the United States, its security ally and biggest investor. But is it? And what are the choices now open to sovereign states as the new global architecture emerges?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Democracy as Farce is the Prelude to Tyranny
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Beijing’s “New Thirty Years War”
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?
SOVEREIGNTY
EARLY WARNING | Sovereignty in the 21st Century
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Venezuela and the Emerging Pre-Westphalian Societies
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: Zig-Zagging Toward the Future
Why is it that futurists, including strategic planners, fail to account for the profound, underlying impact of reversals in population growth, urbanization, and transnational migration, while emphasizing the impact of technology and economic stability?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The Decisive War of Democracies
SOVEREIGNTY
Sovereignty Versus Globalism
Strategic Ramifications of the Trump Presidency in the US, and the Expression of Something Wider and Deeper