CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Long Can South Africa Survive as a Cohesive State?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Remembering Hal Colebatch, FSS
SOVEREIGNTY
A New “East-West” Fault Line
A new strategic framework is possible in which the US could regain some leverage in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean. And it could see a resolution of the Kosovo problem which has dogged US credibility in the region since 2008.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Moving Warfighting Truly Into the Next Generation
So, then, the next revolution must be the study and implementation of grand strategy. Failure in this science would automatically negate all the progress in defense doctrine and technology.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The Waves, Long Abuilding, Cannot Just Abate
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Much Could the Loss of West Papua Hurt Indonesia?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense & Intelligence Appointments - 09/2019
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
War, With and Without the Media: Beijing and New Delhi Each Tackle Critical Information Dominance Challenges
The net effect of the PRC and India simultaneously addressing “domestic” unrest may reflect current international distractions, but long-term damage to their strategic freedom of action is likely to occur
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Yemen Starts to Fracture, But is the Biggest Strategic Loss to the US?
The differentiation between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the UAE and Oman … the impact on Bahrain … the uncertainties of the proposed pax Russo-Sinica in the Gulf … the prospect of a new opening for the US …
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
A Chinese Dawn Over the Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia and the UAE move away from the US. Iran cements its ties with Beijing and Moscow. It’s another major stage in a very new Middle East.
SOVEREIGNTY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Britain Edges Closer to the Point of Strategic No-Return
The September putschists in Parliament may have reckoned without some of the finer points of legislative niceties which could still see Brexit delivered. The fate of Britain depends on it.