CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | The Great War for India?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
On Which Our Fates Depend
Are the 2 emerging global pillars more at risk from themselves than from each other? Are we seeing the re-emergence of the world division into the maritime states versus the heartland powers? Could the PRC become the first true global heartland/maritime power? What are the three overriding factors?
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.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Global Strategy: The Time of Strategic Choice
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2018
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.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | The Dark Korean Shadow Play
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Indonesia Moves to a Bigger Stage, Despite Ongoing Domestic Issues
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Singapore Summit II: The View From Pyongyang
After the Singapore Summit, Pyongyang’s view is that the US and DPRK are again at an impasse, and that the Pompeo visit was a disaster.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE