CRIME & CORRUPTION
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Global Balance: The Global Tectonic Plates Begin to Move
Some of the short-term fog of global transformation is beginning to clear, showing the PRC and the US as — predictably — the great powers, but each facing profound existential challenges.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Eritrea’s Fracturing Continues; How Will Isayas React?
SOVEREIGNTY
EARLY WARNING | Now, the Battle for Europe Rages
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria: A New President, But Not Quite Yet a New Government
Nigeria’s Pres. Buhari, visited Washington, DC, on July 20, 2015, for talks with US Pres. Obama. It was something his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, was unable to do, relegated to a humiliating also-ran position at Obama’s 2014 Africa Summit.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Obama’s Africa Turn
After his successful achievement of an accord with Iran, US Pres. Barack Obama belatedly starts moves to regain African ground from the PRC. Is it too little, too late?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Now Can Cyrus and Darius Be Recalled - The Persians, Not the Clerics, Begin to Revive
The July 14, 2015, major power accord with Iran was portrayed as the deliverance of the laws of the international community upon Iran. But it has delivered more consequences than any of the parties could have considered.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Behold, the Sack of Europe Commences
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The PRC, with its Djibouti Move, Commits Globally
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2015
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Nigeria Awakens
The transition from the Goodluck Jonathan Administration highlights unique challenges for the incoming Buhari Government. Defeating Boko Haram may be the easiest part of it.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS