Politics
United States President Donald Trump, during the first year of his second presidency, severely shook strategic relationships with the US’ key historical allies in the Anglosphere, the traditionally English-speaking societies of the world.
Strategy
The US lost two key figures of significant political and strategic influence in recent months - Edward Fuelner and Charles Kirk.
Military
The US Government seemed likely, by mid-September 2025, to escalate military and political pressure to curb Venezuela’s central role in narcotics trafficking to the US and, if possible, to cause the collapse of the Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Politics
The globalist-nationalist confrontation has intensified to the point where crowds angrily demand change. Is the cycle predictable? How do today’s crowds discharge their energy?
Politics
Washington had, by late August 2025, finally begun to focus on the strategic importance of the Red Sea-Suez sea lane and the essential element of control of the littorals which dominate the trade passage. But it is late in joining the party.
Strategy
We have become obsessed with the belief that technology, not people, wins wars and dominates economies. But destroying cultures and civilizations is what weakens societies.
Strategy
Australia’s strategic decline has been underway for years, and is worsening. What now?
Politics
Opposition inside the PRC noted not only the Nepal example, but also the protests which recently toppled the governments of Syria and Bangladesh. Beijing will note the Nepali example as a threat to the PRC’s internal security situation in occupied Tibet, which Beijing has been at pains to contain.
Philosophy
Cynicism and apathy — often products of older age — can be as dangerous as the smugness and ignorance of youth in shaping national policy.