SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Turkey Stumbles, But Washington Pushed
The mid-October 2012 Turkish interception of an alleged Syrian military shipment was intended to build momentum for the case to intervene in Syria. But it backfired, and may have damaged US-Turkish trust, and given the upper hand to Moscow.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Re-Thinking Intelligence in an Age of Budget Decline
Can modern nation-states remain in command of their destinies if, in a time of extreme economic pressure, they fail to totally re-think approaches to intelligence functions?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Israel’s Sudan Air Strike: a Message and a Mission
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EARLY WARNING | UnCivilization: Urban Geopolitics in a Time of Chaos
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs” — Remarks on the book by its author
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Nigerian Security Situation Deteriorates; the PRC Frets
An estimate of an area of key current significance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2012
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
In Memoriam: Elkana Galli
CRIME & CORRUPTION
Colombia: Will Negotiations Work This Time?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australia: Shuffling While Canberra Burns?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New 9/11 Attacks: A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy
The surge in jihadist attacks on US diplomatic missions in September 2012 largely obscured the complex realities around a number of individual incidents and locales, particularly with regard to the Libyan situation.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Psychological Strategy in the 21st Century
A look at how some aspects of the human condition remain constant through the changes in civilizational structures, and how some technological and geo-strategic evolutions will impact goal-setting, message content, and message-delivery and other aspects of psychological strategy.