GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Why Turkey’s Old Allies Delay Acknowledging Reality
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2017
SOVEREIGNTY
Kim’s New Posture
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Putin Moves to Seize Control of the North Korea Issue
SOVEREIGNTY
EARLY WARNING | Sovereignty in the 21st Century
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Turning Point: The New US Afghanistan “Strategy”
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Iran, Turkey: Keep Allies Close; Keep Rivals Still Closer
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa’s Significant Rôle in Beijing’s Global Strategy
Africa has assumed a central rôle in the strategy of the PRC, and promises to become — through China’s portion of the Silk Road — integral to Beijing’s future.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The State of the USA: River of Doubt; Swamp of Despair
It may be that the Washington, DC campaign to isolate, capture, and subdue US Pres. Donald Trump has finally succeeded. If so, what does that mean for the global strategic environment? But does Donald Trump have options to regain control of the situation?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Impulse in the US Toward Civil War
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES