HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | The “East of Suez” Syndrome
Important New Strategic Literature
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…
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Changes in Latitudes; Changes in Attitudes
Changes in the Global Strategic Architecture and their Ramifications for Sea Lane Security, with Particular Emphasis on the South China Sea Issue.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Australia Poised for New Leadership Challenges
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance — From Defense & Foreign Affairs Canberra Correspondent
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Global Strategic Architecture: A Very Different Global Pattern
Economic, social, political, and demographic changes are key drivers in what is a transforming global strategic architecture. This will necessitate a revision of existing power projection, trade, and intelligence priorities, structures, and doctrine to meet the emerging realities.
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.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
Iran at Its Strategic Juncture
Iran, no less than the European Union or the United States, faces a series of problems which place it at a critical strategic junction. It now faces urgent challenges, the response to which will determine its viability — even its survival — over the coming decades.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EARLY WARNING | The Atlantic Vacuum; the Pacific “Full Sea”
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Asia: The Japanese View
Important New Strategic Literature
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy in an Age of Global Realignment
A Three-Part Presentation on Grand Strategy, the Global Condition and Outlook, and a Context for 21st Century Strategic Policy.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Carriers Rise on a Floating Tide, but so do Countermeasures
An estimate of an area of key current significance
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
East of Suez: Game Change
With Qadhafi and Mubarak now part of history, the Red Sea and Horn of Africa balance — where they had played key rôles — starts to take on a new shape. Now the debate on the future stability of the Red Sea-Suez SLOC and the Horn of Africa gains new impetus, as Eritrea’s Post-Isayas era dawns.