SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The Third Border: The US’ Challenge in the Caribbean
A passports-for-sale scandal in Dominica revealed an interesting global corruption network, and a PRC intelligence focus on the “third US Border” in the Caribbean.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Northern Tier Is in Play, Again
How the US Trump Administration deals with emerging Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran Issues will determine how the world reacts ...
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | What Happens if Nigeria’s Pres. Buhari Gets Better?
Nigeria’s governance experienced a sudden upsurge in productivity in late January and February 2017, but is it too little, too late to save the economy from sliding substantially further?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Evolution, Revolution, Devolution?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Ugandan Unrest Jeopardizes Beijing’s Logistics Plans
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 01/2017
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Words of a Giant
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | The First Open Challenge of the Trump Era: Serbia and Kosovo?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Jihadism: Resuming the Great Intra-Muslim War
The Future of DI’ISH and al-Qaida’s Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham in Syria. By Jonathan Alexander Hoffman
PERSONNEL
Strategic Biographies
Key individuals currently in the spotlight
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
The “New Space Race” Begins...
...and the US Is not in the lead.