HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | India Closer to Serious Carrier Projection Capability
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
Defense & Foreign Affairs staff
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Northern Tier: Changing Fortunes in the Caspian
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Controlling the Scope and Consequences of a Military Strike Against Iran
In this “open letter”, a retired senior officer under the Shah asks whether the scope and intensity of an internationally-discussed military invasion of Iran, and its consequences, would be controllable.
SOVEREIGNTY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Realization that “Europe” Does Not Just Mean the EU
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Pakistan Begins a Move Toward Indian Ocean Centrality
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
CRIME & CORRUPTION
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Nigeria’s Government Faces a Hard Deadline
An Estimate of an area of key current significance.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2013
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Australia Moving Cautiously on Defense
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Madagascar Elections Hold Promise
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | PRC, Saudi, Others Move Against US
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
RESOURCES
Connecting Africa and Saving Egypt
A revived Congo-Nile canal project could transform Egyptian water needs, end potential conflict over the Ethiopian Dam, and provide an African North-South hook-up.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
The African Watershed in Global Affairs
Conflict emerges in Africa as the PRC battles to push resource exports toward the Indian Ocean