STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Wars Betwixt State and Society
Could the growing schism between the societies which make up the nation-state and the state itself be at the core of the challenge to the 21st Century as populations now debate whether, and how, they can re-structure the Westphalian geopolitical matrix, perhaps one society at a time.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Türkiye Aims to Control NGOs via the United Nations
Türkiye is attempting to control the global landscape of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through the United Nations in order to exert coercive policies and pressure on countries within its sphere of influence and interest.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Dynamics of 2025
Has the “age of heroes” begun its return? Leaders replacing managers?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2024
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Geopolitics: The Re-Shaped Middle East Is Transforming the World
Old concepts of “the Middle East” using various geographic models, or using Arab or Arabic or Muslim overlays, are now not representative of the “new Middle East” which is, for the first time in centuries, less definable than ever, by its name and by other simple descriptors.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Strategic Philosophy: Cratocide of the Republics?
The transformation of the global strategic architecture is well advanced, bringing with it the slow death of some of the structures begun in the industrial revolution, and the slow birth or re-birth of identities seeking sovereign security.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The PRC’s War Plans Against Taiwan Keep Evolving
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria: Absent Prestige, All is Lost
The moral authority of governments worldwide is suffering in the current economic and social upheaval, but in Africa it has reached a new level. Events in Nigeria — as well as such places as Sierra Leone — show that the Continent is reaching a breaking point.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Goal More Vital Than Territorial Integrity
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
How Real is IMEC? As Real as AUKUS?
The surprise announcement of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor lacks clarity as to the US's intention in drafting the concept, and how it will proceed.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR