CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | The Worst Pandemic in History
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Strategic Messaging: The Frequent Point of Failure
Has the US’ patchy record in strategic messaging robbed it of the consistent strategic progress it could have had, and denied it the support of various societies around the world? This may be coming to a head in 2026. But first, how do we define “strategic messaging” in the 21st Century?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2026
Equatorial Guinea Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said on June 16, 2026, that the Government of Prime Minister Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua had resigned after “failing to meet its objectives”.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Britain’s New Government Focuses on Domestic Welfare
Burnham should be expected to have a brief “holiday” period before he is challenged by the opposition to call new elections, given that the Burnham Government had no mandate from the electorate.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
A Vortex of Decline Affecting Government Across the West
Starmer’s exit is indicative of the political turmoil afflicting Western governments around the world as nationalism overtakes globalism.
HISTORY
HISTORY | The Original Special Relationship
A brief history of the oldest alliance in the world
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Iran: The Bitterness or Emptiness of Whatever is Defined as Victory
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
How the New Multi-Polar Defense Industrial World Drives Geopolitical Evolution
Global defense industrial thinking is becoming far more entrepreneurial and creative as major defense forces break with absolute strategic integration with the US, or any other major power.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
UK Strategic Recovery: A Long and Winding Road
How will Keir Starmer's resignation change the UK’s strategic direction? And, if so, in what way, and when?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Beijing Bid to Move Beyond the First Island Chain Marked by a Major Failure
The Solomons situation is a significant one for the broader strategic framework and how it plays out over the coming two-plus years.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
A Foreseeable End to the AI Bubble Within a Changing Global Ethos
Our current pace of strategic change continues to overwhelm us to the point where it is often difficult to break down the areas of change attributable to technologies – such as artificial intelligence (AI) – and geopolitical moves from an age of globalism back to an age of nationalism.