STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
EN CLAIR | Egypt Strengthens Its Alliances, Economy, and Opposition to Extremism
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria: Will Jonathan Win?
The first significant signs have begun to emerge that the February 14, 2015, Nigerian elections may remove Pres. Goodluck Jonathan. But that depends on whether they actually occur. What happens if they do not? None of the options for stability are good.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australian Leader Averts Leadership Challenge, But Faces Uncertainty
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.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | Is NATO Trapping the West, or Can It Be Saved?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The ROC’s Unique New Rôle in Reshaping the Asian Maritime Balance
The Asian strategic balance has transformed. Within this, Taipei is finally committing to major new submarine, surface warfare, and other programs to ensure it retains its options. This may provide the catalyst for other regional states to begin re-thinking their positions.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Perfect Storm at Sea: Threats, Nature, and Opportunity
Strategic cyber warfare is set to mimic — on a larger scale — the effects of major natural disasters, while the existing pattern of these disasters in the Indo-Pacific region already preoccupies maritime agencies hampered by political distortions in regional cooperation.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Health Issues Highlight the Vital Rôle of the Sultan of Oman
Afghanistan
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09-2014
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s Kurdish Truce Ends; War Resumes on Assad
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Souda Bay: Again Vital in the Eastern Med.
As Turkey slips in terms of NATO reliability, planners look at changing threat and access patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant.