PERSONNEL
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Global Restructuring: Who’s Listening to the Big Powers?
Mali’s rejection of outside influences spelled a major reverse in Africa for France, the West, and ECOWAS, but it brought no joy for Beijing, or for regional or global governance.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2021
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.
SOVEREIGNTY
The Inevitable Return of Sovereignty
History's cyclical patterns make the case that sovereignty must make its return as the dominant driver of the global strategic architecture of the 21st Century, whether we like it or not. And apparently most societies demand it, particularly when uncertainty strikes.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa’s Significant Rôle in Beijing’s Global Strategy
Africa has assumed a central rôle in the strategy of the PRC, and promises to become — through China’s portion of the Silk Road — integral to Beijing’s future.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense & Intelligence Appointments - 03/2017
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Ugandan Unrest Jeopardizes Beijing’s Logistics Plans
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Rwanda Moves Quietly Toward Pivotal Constitutional Crisis
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
US Strategic Policy Options in a Post-Obama World
The incoming US Trump Administration has in many ways inherited a poisoned chalice, but, equally, there are many areas where decisive leadership is possible.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | Maneuvering Continues in the Lower Red Sea
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR