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Defense & Foreign Affairs staff
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Why a Coup Attempt in Southern Africa is Strategically Important
The UK has reportedly been promised concessions to exploit Eswatini reserves of diamonds and natural gas, among other things, in a “post-Mswati” Eswatini. And yet the Swati people and chiefdoms overwhelming support their traditional structures and monarchy.
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CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Long Can South Africa Survive as a Cohesive State?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2019
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Sierra Leone Pres. Bio, Rarely in the Country, Stirs Deepening Unrest
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria’s Political Polarization Continues
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Climate: Changing Political, Strategic Traction?
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.
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CURRENT ESTIMATE | How Much Could the Loss of West Papua Hurt Indonesia?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense & Intelligence Appointments - 09/2019
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STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Britain Edges Closer to the Point of Strategic No-Return
The September putschists in Parliament may have reckoned without some of the finer points of legislative niceties which could still see Brexit delivered. The fate of Britain depends on it.
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CURRENT ESTIMATE | A Window of Opportunity Opens for the US in the Balkans
Events have conspired in the Eastern Mediterranean to open a new chapter of strategic opportunity for the United States, just as US-Turkish relations have moved into a profound downward direction.