SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ASIA
Can Abe Revive Japan?
Japan has the tools to transform its strategic position, from resource exploitation to nuclear weapons. To a significant degree, the matter is now very much in the hands of one man: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Australia’s Phony Political War and Difficult Future
An Estimate of an area of key current significance
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Egypt Attempts to Control its Destiny
The Egyptian decision to remove Pres. Morsi was demonstrably no less “democratic” than the decision to remove Pres. Mubarak, but the latest events showed that the US could no longer determine outcomes in the region ...
RESOURCES
Sudan and South Sudan: Getting South Sudan’s Oil Flowing
Diplomatic failure by South Sudan’s Vice-Pres. Machar when he was sent to negotiate with Sudan in fact cut South Sudan’s oil exports. But Machar then began to exploit his own failure as part of a campaign to seize power at home.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa and Iran: Iran and Sudan Begin Moves to Dominate Central and Western Africa
The Central African Republic has become a key player, working under Sudanese and Iranian direction, in jihadist action, geared to take advantage of the West’s declining influence in Western and Central Africa, even if it challenges the interests of Iran’s and Sudan’s traditional ally, the People’s…
RESOURCES
How Would the World Change if the International Energy Trade Transformed?
AFRICA
EARLY WARNING | The Year the Earth Shifted on its Axis
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Australia’s New Defence White Paper
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Pakistan Post-Election: Some Ongoing Factors; Some New Openings
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Importance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2013
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE