PERSONNEL
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
DOCUMENT | Testimony by Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of African Affairs
Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs. Washington, DC, December 5, 2012.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Mali: Pivotal Point
Paralyzing factors — including Algeria’s secret nuclear program — conspire against addressing Mali’s growing safe-haven for the jihadist fighters who threaten the stability of West Africa’s energy production, now a pivotal component of US and European requirements.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Syrian Acquisition of Iraqi Chemical Weapons Noted in 2002; Qatar Now Reported Entering WMD Market
All is not as it seemed with the international media reporting in early December 2012 of the Syrian Government’s alleged preparation of sarin-based chemical weapons for (presumed) use against domestic insurgents.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Emerging Trends: Practical Implications of De-Urbanization
“All cities are parasites, feeding off their agricultural hinterlands, but the cities that thrive best develop a relationship with their hinterland which over time becomes distinctly more symbiotic than parasitic.”1
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
The Transition Beyond Strategic Nuclear War
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Former Iranian Foreign Minister Zahedi Recognized
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
P3R: Projection, Protection, Policing, Resilience
Gregory R. Copley, at the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Somaliland Leadership Hijacked as State Becomes Islamist
An estimate of an area of key current significance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 10/2012
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Old Peking Alive
Important New Strategic Literature
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Nature and Cyber Warfare: Hurricane Sandy Showed the Vulnerability of Cities to Cyber Threats
Cyber threats now have potentially greater destructive power than nuclear weapons