2017-04-23 By Kenneth Maxwell Brazil is continuing its long plunge into the murky world of profound political crises. Past corruption revelations, simmering judicial conflict between the federal judges and the political and private sector elites, and challenges to a system of government and the constitutional arrangements, which emerged when Brazil…

2017-04-13 By Robbin Laird During my current visit to Australia, I had a chance to discuss with one of Australia’s leading strategists, current strategic dynamics in the region. Given the priority upon North Korean developments, we focused largely upon this aspect of regional dynamics. After all, it is the most near…

2017-04-08 By Danny Lam The top diplomats of both countries scripted the meeting between President Trump and Xi in order to avoid seemingly obvious problems that would obviously embarrass President Xi. They wanted to avoid previous incidents such as when Fanlungong disrupted a press conference with President Hu Jintao and…

2017-04-08 By James Durso Every year official and unofficial Washington, D.C. spends a lot of time and money trying to divine the next big trouble spots. Often called “failed states” or “fragile states”, they are scrutinized and the candidates for this dubious distinction wind up in serious tomes by think…

2017-03-24 By Harald Malmgren It is early days for President Trump and his Administration. He was elected to shape a new strategic direction for the US government and economy.  A change in direction cannot be made by a President alone.  To achieve the goals on which he campaigned, Trump needs…

2017-04-01 According to defenceWeb, the next stop on the visit of a Russian naval task force has been Nambia. The Russian Federation Navy’s Northern Fleet detachment is currently in Namibia on a historic visit. The detachment paid its first ever visit to Namibia on 25 March, docking in Walvis Bay. The…