STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Battle for the Indo-Pacific: Honiara Finds its Power
Beijing makes Taiwan denial a 2019 primary focus, while the US-led alliance slowly awakens.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Sierra Leone Slips Back Toward Strategic Dysfunction
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Options for Africa as Nigeria Moves into a “Post-Democratic” Phase
The hopes for democracy in Africa seem almost to have vanished overnight because of the disappearance of serious international scrutiny of the manipulation of electoral and governance processes, largely since “the West” abandoned the Continent to the People’s Republic of China.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EARLY WARNING | Are We in Control of Where We’re Going?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ENCLAIR | Indonesia, Amid Growth and Challenges, Will Boost Defense Spending
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2018
SOVEREIGNTY
EN CLAIR | Ukraine: The Triumph of Short-Term Politics Over Strategic Vision
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Re-Emerging Shape of France as a Global Power?
SOVEREIGNTY
Governance: The King is Dead? Not by a Long Shot
The usurpation of monarchical governance has been widely promoted as an inexorable trend, but it is a trend now facing reversal in many areas of the world. This report looks at the rôle of monarchies in recent world history, and how, as an example, they play a rôle in securing the future.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Iran Maneuvers to Face Internal, External Challenges
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.
PERSONNEL