SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
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SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Terrain in the Turkey-Kurdish War
The Kurds are a key element in the current Syria-Turkey conflict, but remain little understood by international observers, with regard to their areas of diversity and unity. Here are some of the factors.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Australia opts for Forward Defense
Australia’s new Defence White Paper and associated policy papers provoke significant major power interest, largely because Australia is looking, for the first time, at forward projection of capability. But it faces enormous challenges in rebuilding its defense industrial capabilities.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Libya’s Gathering and Critical Jihad
What are Libya’s, and the international community’s, options in the face of the Islamic Caliphate’s growing rôle in Libya? The pace of the conflict there has broadened following a “mega-merger” of jihadist groups under the Caliphate’s banner.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkey: Poised at the Abyss
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Libya at a Potential Tipping Point, Against the Jihadists
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The New Hitler; the New Chamberlain
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | ROC Leadership Change Highlights Beijing’s Priorities
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2016
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | Whither Europe?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Strategic Centrality
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY