HISTORY
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Special Operations in Africa: New World, New SpecOps
A look at Western options in the African context: the strategic framework, and the shape of future conflict on the Continent ...
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Lessons of the Tsunami
Strategic, political, and economic lessons can be drawn already from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan.
PERSONNEL
Defense & Foreign Affairs Loses Two Great Men
SOVEREIGNTY
South Sudan Moves Toward Full Sovereignty: The Ramifications
RESOURCES
The Rôle of Strategic Infrastructure in the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Future of Warfare, For What It’s Worth
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Nigeria: Incumbency Counts, But Who Pays the Price?
An estimate of an area of key current significance
RESOURCES
Energy: the Driver of the Grand Strategy of the PRC
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Northern Tier Situation: Pakistan’s Major Ally, the PRC, Shows its Face
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Northern Tier Situation: Declaring Victory and Going Home
The US begins the process of substituting cash for combatants in the Northern Tier as the race begins for comprehensive US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: Washington Gambles on NATO’s Last Big Push
NATO — or in this case, essentially the US — invited Moscow to join the ballistic missile defense (BMD) party, forgetting that the last time it did this it led to the demise of the USSR ...