STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Has the Post-Trump World Begun?
The US Trump Administration has possibly approached its zenith. So what’s next?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Does a “Sole Superpower” Need Allies?
Trump indicated that the US would soon leave the Iran region without guaranteeing any long-term US strategic necessities, like cutting off energy to the PRC, or gaining clear access to the markets of Central Asia. Trump failed to engage allies but insulted them nonetheless for not providing support.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
ESSENTIAL READING | AI: In Whom or What Do We Trust?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Is AUKUS Heading for Pillar III, Even While Fighting for Survival?
The third pillar of AUKUS is belatedly shaping up to be strategic space cooperation.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
After the Chaos: Will the US Be the “Indispensable Nation”?
The United States may, within a decade, have completed its move from being “the indispensable nation” — whatever that means — to becoming isolated, even as it remains the world’s sole superpower.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The US National Security Strategy: What Does it Actually Mean?
The Trump Doctrine will attract dismissal, but it is highly informative and important.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Imperial Drumbeat Quickens
Imperial conquest is returning to the world in a new form, just as we have digested the earlier ages of imperial conquests. Our world is the result of the absorption of smaller states over millennia, even most states which emerged from colonialism in the latter half of the 20th Century.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Strategic Change is Tied to Defense Acquisition Changes
Has Canada been gifted a chance to determine its own strategic future?
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | An Apple a Day Didn’t Work Out Well
Apple is perhaps the single most important US tech company successfully supplying its commercial products to the world. This book presents a devastating picture of its foray into China and reveals the failure of the US Government to be a part of the considerations Apple took into account.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | The Blinding of FiveEyes, But Maybe it was Time
It was touted as the most important strategic alliance in the world, but the FiveEyes network had fallen into disunity and disutility by 2020 at the latest.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Africa and Religious Warfare: The “Christian Persecution” Claim
The sudden US charge and the deafening silence which followed raise serious questions.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The Tumult and the Shouting Destroy, Without Armies
US President Donald Trump now is fighting some of his adversaries using their own tools in the non-kinetic sphere.