PERSONNEL
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | Mahathir’s Return in Malaysia Promises Significant Change
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | South Africa’s Pres. Ramaphosa Faces a Very Delicate Year Ahead
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2018
CRIME & CORRUPTION
Great Power Politics: The Skripal Case
Why Were Basic Questions Being Ignored and Distractions Employed?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Notes on the Passing of Democracy
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Ethiopia’s Slide Into Ethnic Politics Shows the National Fragility
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Last Chance for the ANC?
The removal of Pres. Jacob Zuma in South Africa was a pre-emptive coup by Cyril Ramaphosa to reverse the ANC’s fortunes. But will it work?
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Devouring the Kingdom
US-Saudi and Saudi-PRC relations are a factor in continued US dollar dominance. Beijing is poised to become a major rival to the US for influence in Saudi Arabia, and this could become the hub of the launch of the renminbi as a global currency.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Nigeria’s Political Processes Grind Toward Change in 2018-19
SOVEREIGNTY
The Kurdish Referendum: Perpetual Victims
Kurdistan’s saga is far from over, but, for now, US influence has diminished significantly.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS