HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Carriers Rise on a Floating Tide, but so do Countermeasures
An estimate of an area of key current significance
Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus
Gregory Copley is the Editor Emeritus of Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, and was its founding editor in 1972. An Australian, he has also been President of The International Strategic Studies Association since 1982.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Logistics Strategy: Logistics on the New Battlefields of Global Politics and Conflict
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Predictable Libya Conundrum
Libya is set for a continuation and expansion of its civil war if the 1951 Constitution is bypassed and artificial elections are held. Indeed, Western intervention overlooked the fact that the February 2011 revolt against Qadhafi was done in the name of the 1951 UN-drafted Constitution — and under…
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
East of Suez: Game Change
With Qadhafi and Mubarak now part of history, the Red Sea and Horn of Africa balance — where they had played key rôles — starts to take on a new shape. Now the debate on the future stability of the Red Sea-Suez SLOC and the Horn of Africa gains new impetus, as Eritrea’s Post-Isayas era dawns.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Lights are Looking East, all Over Europe
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Israel and Iran: Still No War in Sight …
… But the Mosaic of Great Eurasian and Mediterranean Strategic Change Becomes More Clear
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Empires, as Snow Upon the Desert, Melt Away
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Vital Strategic Debate: Who, in the West, Lost Africa?
An estimate of an area of key current significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Rare Insights
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | A Brief History of Cratocide
Important New Strategic Literature
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Short-Term Objectives; Short-Term Outcomes
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Military Doctrine: The Legacy of Coalition Warfare
US Defense reorganization means major doctrinal re-thinking, not just for the US, but for its Allies. The debate now begins on how to get back to sustainable — politically and economically — warfighting doctrines after the strategic failure of “overwhelming wealth”.