STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
RedMed: The Global Nexus at the Suez, Red Sea, and Horn of Africa
Why the RedMed Region is Becoming Increasingly Central to the Emerging Global Strategic Framework
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Russia, Syria, and the West: Finally at the Crossroads?
Russia has responded strenuously and unambiguously to the US, Turkish, Qatari, and Saudi provocations which began, and sustain, the war — and the Islamic Caliphate — in Syria.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | All Change in the Middle East? Syria, Egypt Trend Positively; Saudi, Iran Transform
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2015
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Now Can Cyrus and Darius Be Recalled - The Persians, Not the Clerics, Begin to Revive
The July 14, 2015, major power accord with Iran was portrayed as the deliverance of the laws of the international community upon Iran. But it has delivered more consequences than any of the parties could have considered.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Behold, the Sack of Europe Commences
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Turkey Plunges Toward … What?
The Turkish Government is pushing forward on a number of key strategic fronts, but there is real ambiguity — even within the country — about its national goals. And its prospects for stability and territorial integrity.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 04/2015
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Moscow’s Discreet Affairs to the South
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The End of the Arab-Israeli War, But Not the Fighting
It is possible to see that the “Arab-Israeli war” will only be sustained in that name by propaganda: the reality is that possibly only one Arab state — Qatar — is committed fully to the war, while HAMAS in the Palestinian Authority is also implacable.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Sic Transit Gloria: Sunset, Sunrise on the Suez Canal
Egypt has already made its move away from the United States, although many in Washington do not seem to even understand that the seismic shift has been made. Egypt is reviving economically and strategically, and promises to transform the Suez-Red Sea strategic maritime environment.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE