STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Eurasia: A Byzantine Arabesque?
Embrace the Complexity of the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Central, South, and East Asia — and the Impact of Western or Asian Economic-Political Trends — or Miss the Plot
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Dubai Airshow Sees Military Orders
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EARLY WARNING | As Superpowers Fade, the Satraps Stir
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The 1992 Outlook: A New Era of Conflict
This study, by Gregory Copley, appeared in Defense & Foreign Affairs in May 1992. It noted, in that 1992 report, that contradictory trends and the revival of history as a strategic factor were among the significant indicators of the new era of global conflict then beginning.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Replacing Ahmadi-Nejad
Iran’s Clerical Leadership, Recovering from Ahmadi-Nejad’s Assault on it, Moves to Find a Replacement President
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Middle East: A Spy Story
The Pivotal Rôle of Abu-Abdallah al-Muhajer in Shaping a New Phase in the Palestinian and Anti-Israeli Conflicts
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Modernized G.222/C-27s Delivered to Afghan Army Air
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Fighting Right
Important New Strategic Literature
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Whither Japan?
Electoral Change, But the Inevitability of Strategic Decline Appears to Prevail
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | President Hosni Mubarak’s Fateful Pilgrimages
An estimate of an area of key current significance.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The US and the Northern Tier: Declaring Victory, and Going Home
The Pre-Military Phase of the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Has Begun
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE