STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | North America’s Future? Learning From the Past
An Estimate of an area of key current significance.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2013
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | Practice to Deceive
Important New Strategic Literature
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Nigerian Political Leaders Abandon Pres. Jonathan and the PDP
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | India Closer to Serious Carrier Projection Capability
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Northern Tier: Changing Fortunes in the Caspian
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Controlling the Scope and Consequences of a Military Strike Against Iran
In this “open letter”, a retired senior officer under the Shah asks whether the scope and intensity of an internationally-discussed military invasion of Iran, and its consequences, would be controllable.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
A True Iran-US Rapprochement Would Change the Strategic Landscape
The restoration of meaningful US-Iranian links could have profound strategic implications for both states, as well as for Russia, Turkey, and the region.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Strategic Philosophy: Blind New World?
A new global balance is emerging. But how do strategic policymakers address a framework to manage change? Is the Westphalian concept of a nation-state likely to survive, or will it be temporarily eclipsed by the city state? What aspects of current military technology and doctrine remain viable?
SOVEREIGNTY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Realization that “Europe” Does Not Just Mean the EU
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Pakistan Begins a Move Toward Indian Ocean Centrality
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA