ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EN CLAIR | An African Church Schism Becomes a Global Trigger
Ethiopia’s next leader could create the grand coalition of the Red Sea.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria’s Election: Military Coups Have Been Better Received
Nigeria’s political structure failed to account for a strong, minority third political party, and ultimately delivered a President-elect representing the policies which two-thirds of the voters opposed, and a President-elect winning only 10 percent of the registered voters.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Beijing’s Eurasia Strategy May Deliver Beijing its Coup de Main
Xi Jinping, facing a collapsing PRC domestic economy and food supply, could broker a Ukraine war peace which would bring Ukraine back into the Eurasian fold. After all, he has now completed a major consolidation of influence over Iran and Saudi Arabia, supported by Iraq and Oman.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 02/2023
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The New Middle East and Africa: The Red Sea Change of Command
Moscow has moved rapidly to rebuild its influence in the Horn of Africa — and Africa generally — to position itself for “Cold War II”, and Washington is attempting to catch up.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Elections Which Mark 2023 as a Key Year
The reality is that elections, even in small nation-states, can have global consequences.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2023
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Leadership Lessons from the Passing of a King
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Nigeria Calmly Approaches its World-Level Election
SOVEREIGNTY
A New Middle East Has Emerged
It is an all-new greater Middle East, and the locals mostly now answer to themselves.