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Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2025
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Trying to See at Midnight in Moscow
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Serbia, the Balkans, and South-Eastern Europe in the Trump Era
Serbia’s potential rôle in Ukraine peace negotiations and its rôle as a regional hub.
SOVEREIGNTY
Africa, Dominated by Africa
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Ghana’s New President
The return of John Mahama is seen as a positive light in African politics.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Is Türkiye Ready to Fight?
Distrust within the Turkish Armed Forces, and between many of its personnel and the President, is a key factor in the emerging conflict situations of the Eastern Mediterranean.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Pacific Warfare: Crossing Distant Beaches
Can rapid restoration of USMC capability in the Pacific be an easy, early win for incoming US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Prestige: Decider of Wars
More critical than the “correlation of forces” is the balance of prestige in “an ignoble world”.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Gaining Strategic Initiative
There is no “art of the deal” unless negotiations — a non-kinetic dynamic — can be forced to begin. How engagement is commenced determines strategic advantage and momentum.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Watching the Dust Settle on the Panama Canal Issue
The “changes” the US has seen with regard to the Panama Canal since the visit by Marco Rubio have been symbolic of a far greater US concentration than for many decades on the Americas, but the US will need more attention on its maritime supremacy to continue to keep Beijing on the defensive.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE