SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Africa: Mali, Nigeria, and the Bigger Picture
The Mali War will be neither simple nor quick, ‘though the players all wish it so.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Mali: Center Stage
The international community finally began addressing the issue of Islamist fighters in Mali. This provided an opportunity for Nigeria, in particular, to rebuild its own security and political stability. But there was still no guarantee that the opportunity would be grasped.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australia: Shuffling While Canberra Burns?
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2012
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
A Confluence of Events in the Horn of Africa
The announcement of the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi — possibly a month after he actually died — starts to focus the growing confluence of events in the Horn of Africa; events which show a profound watershed in the strategic situation along one of the most significant trade…
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Africa and the Middle East: The Emperor’s Ghost
The Red Sea and Africa’s north-east move deeper into an era of great change, with global ramifications as energy acquisition patterns also transform, impacting the relative geopolitical centrality of the region.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Country Profile: Republic of South Sudan
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Africa: Ending the Rwanda Romance
US disenchantment emerges with Rwandan Pres. Paul Kagame as the regional situation moves to critical with the Southern Sudanese secession.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
In Memoriam: Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Any tribute given now must be incomplete, but the longer view of history will prevail.