AFRICA
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2016
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The FARC Dilemma
The failure of Colombian voters to ratify a painfully-negotiated treaty with rebel group FARC has profound ramifications for narco-trafficking, as well as for Colombia’s future.
SOVEREIGNTY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Undercurrents Around Argentina’s New Oceanic Claims
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
2015: The Year of Opportunity and Danger
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Sanctions: The White House Cuba Hypocrisy
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy: Sanctions Busting
Do sanctions work, or do they exacerbate conflict, in a multi-polar strategic environment? And who suffers most? Could it be the sanctioning states? French Pres. Hollande succumbed — at least temporarily — to US pressure on delivery of Mistral ships to Russia, which pays the price.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Can Brazil Ensure That a Secure World Cup Football Tournament is Possible?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Tortuous Politics in the Americas
The US White House and Cuba appear to cooperate against a common enemy: US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Geostrategic Architecture: Suspended Belief
Even North Korea’s strategic brinkmanship has links to the Eastern Mediterranean/Northern Tier crises, but, with everyone so focused on their own geographic area of interest, nobody notices the big picture. It’s as though all beliefs have become suspended in bubbles of jargon.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2013
PERSONNEL