SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Paralyzing factors — including Algeria’s secret nuclear program — conspire against addressing Mali’s growing safe-haven for the jihadist fighters who threaten the stability of West Africa’s energy production, now a pivotal component of US and European requirements.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
How the release from a Syrian prison of perhaps the most important jihadist ideologues reflects a delicate interplay between Iran, Syria, and the Sunni jihadist forces from Qatar, Turkey, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
What are the global trends? And where do some of the important regional trends fit?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
What are the prospects? A consolidation of Mediterranean-EU links? The possible transformation of the AU? A surge in terrorist activities? The prospect — or near certainty — of protracted competition between factions in the New Libya if the 1951 Constitution is forgotten?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
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GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The transition of power in Egypt was still playing out by mid-February 2011, but it was already clear that there were ramifications which would shape the global economy and power balance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
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SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY