SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
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.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Africa: Disquiet in the Congo
DRC Pres. Joseph Kabila’s quest to become “president for life” has revived suspicions over the cause of death of his “trusted advisor”.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Australia Moves Toward a Definition of its Strategic Future
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Canada Searches for its Identity in Colder Waters
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | *This* is the Book
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Australia at a Strategic Turning Point
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pacific Overtures: the Crescendo Builds
A new strategic framework is now becoming established in the Pacific, but it is far from settled.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Ukraine: A New Blackness on the Black Sea
The US Obama Administration’s handling of the MH-17 disaster in Ukraine risks dragging the US’ allies into an irreversible strategic posture.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa Transforms, But Confused US Policies Push it Toward China
The US Obama White House seeks to retain Western influence over Africa — partially through its Africa Leaders Summit — while ceding strategic “authority” to France. But the plan has backfired, giving strategic opportunity to China, and opening the gates to African change.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | How Societies Cope: Through New Allegiances
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Middle East: The Khorasan Pledge
How the Great Intra-Muslim War Now Underway Could Re-Shape Much of the Middle East