HISTORY
SOVEREIGNTY
EN CLAIR | ISSA, Zahedi Center Cited in Vanity Fair Article
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | South Africa’s Pres. Ramaphosa Faces a Very Delicate Year Ahead
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Now It Gets Murky: How the US-DPRK Talks Can Evolve
Suddenly, the lights of the diplomatic theater dim, and a wider cast of players — more than initially indicated — move in the shadows. Until now, it has been a game of relatively honest posturing: brightly lit theater.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2018
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Ancient, Real Lessons
Important New Strategic Literature
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Real Prospect Exists for Major Instability in Southern Africa
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Great Game: The DPRK-US Minuette
The impending Trump-Kim talks, as forecast a year ago, provided the first challenge of global consequence to the strategic rise of the PRC. Beijing has already begun to respond. There are more than two dancers in this minuette.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Ethiopia Achieves a Profound Change, But Complexities Abound
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/208
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
ESSENTIAL READING | After GDP, What?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Last Chance for the ANC?
The removal of Pres. Jacob Zuma in South Africa was a pre-emptive coup by Cyril Ramaphosa to reverse the ANC’s fortunes. But will it work?