SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Yossef Bodansky
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Russia, Syria, and the West: Finally at the Crossroads?
Russia has responded strenuously and unambiguously to the US, Turkish, Qatari, and Saudi provocations which began, and sustain, the war — and the Islamic Caliphate — in Syria.
PERSONNEL
Planning for a Successor to Iran’s Khamene‘i
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Libya: Key to the Caliphate Thrust Against Egypt, the Maghreb States, and Africa
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
In the Middle East, Much Hangs on Which Way Iran Could Evolve
SOVEREIGNTY
Sudan’s Hidden Agenda Toward South Sudan
Khartoum’s real agenda is emerging as Khartoum plays the rôle of mediator between South Sudan Pres. Salva Kiir and insurgent leader Riek Machar. Whatever happens, Sudan is determined to end the days of an independent South Sudan.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Paris Jihad, Ready or Not, Has Begun, and Will Widen
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Real War: Winning the US Mid-Term Elections
The US White House seemed ready to risk war over Ukraine, and staged an expensive “sound and light” African Summit, all in order to impact the mid-term US Congressional elections, coming up in November 2014.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Lingering South Sudan Affair
… and why Western intervention is making matters worse.
SOVEREIGNTY
Unfinished Business on the White Nile
Sudan Pushes Fighting Against, and Inside, South Sudan as it Maneuvers to Re-Absorb South Sudan into Sudan
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Middle East: The Khorasan Pledge
How the Great Intra-Muslim War Now Underway Could Re-Shape Much of the Middle East
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS