DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Palestinians — the PA and HAMAS — as well as Turkey, Iran, and Qatar had no option but to return to a state of open warfare against Israel if they were to regain the strategic high ground, lost as a result of the 2020 Abraham Accords.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
PERSONNEL
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Eastern Mediterranean-Red Sea strategic nexus is operating in a balance of weakness, and the Hashemite Kingdom is vulnerable.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
To a large degree, South Africa’s future cohesion depends on the succession from King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulus
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Could the Ethiopia-Egypt conflict be reversed into an alliance?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
“Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set” — from the chorus of “Land of Hope and Glory” — describes the UK’s return to a global mission, and it only remains to be seen whether UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have the resources to accomplish his vision in its entirety.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
...It is unlikely that Washington’s present strategies will result in a restoration of the influence it once had in Tehran or Cairo.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS