STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Uzbekistan Re-Emerges as the Strategic “Heartland of the Heartland”
Uzbekistan is emerging as the “strategic surprise player”, galvanizing the Silk Road and Central Asia.
SOVEREIGNTY
Sovereignty in the Age of Beijing: Can the PRC “Save” Australia? Or Any Nation?
Many Australians believe that their nation is caught in a wedge between the People’s Republic of China, its biggest trading partner, and the United States, its security ally and biggest investor. But is it? And what are the choices now open to sovereign states as the new global architecture emerges?
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.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Climate: Changing Political, Strategic Traction?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Kashmir: Information Dominance 2019-Style
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.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Change, When it is Seen to Appear, is Sudden
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Defense and Strategic Planning Challenges in an Entirely New Age
Trends in geopolitical, economic, and technological developments increasingly need to be viewed within a global context. The age of stovepiping, which worked during much of the Cold War, cannot be expected to work now, or through the coming decades. Everything is connected.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Do Ancient Aliens Drive Tomorrow's Events?
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.
SOVEREIGNTY