PERSONNEL
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Bin Laden’s Death: For the US, a Time to Turn Inward
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria: Back to Business, or Back to Conflict?
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.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Building to the Egyptian Explosion
The long preparation of the Ikhwan — the Muslim Brothers — and their links to Iran, are now paying dividends in the Egyptian turmoil; and Suez, energy links are unquestionably targeted
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Nigeria: Incumbency Counts, But Who Pays the Price?
An estimate of an area of key current significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Africa: Ending the Rwanda Romance
US disenchantment emerges with Rwandan Pres. Paul Kagame as the regional situation moves to critical with the Southern Sudanese secession.
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.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Nigerian Stability Threatened by Internal Political Wars
An estimate of an area of key current significance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 11/2010
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Preparing for London’s Olympics
Security threats to the 2012 Olympics in London began to emerge the moment the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to the UK. Olympic security, meanwhile, is a strategic priority for the host.