SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Peace at Any Price
Important New Strategic Literature
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The “Arab Spring” Three Years On
The Geopolitical Map Continues to Transform
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Does the African Union Model Need Re-Shaping?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Northern Tier: Changing Fortunes in the Caspian
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
A True Iran-US Rapprochement Would Change the Strategic Landscape
The restoration of meaningful US-Iranian links could have profound strategic implications for both states, as well as for Russia, Turkey, and the region.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Strategic Philosophy: Blind New World?
A new global balance is emerging. But how do strategic policymakers address a framework to manage change? Is the Westphalian concept of a nation-state likely to survive, or will it be temporarily eclipsed by the city state? What aspects of current military technology and doctrine remain viable?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Six Decades On: The US Thinks Again About the Republic of China
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pakistan in a Totally Transformed World
Pakistan’s strategic context transformed with the start of a new war in Afghanistan in 2001. It is now emerging into the “post-Afghan War”, Post-US Years, which will transform it yet again. But what will this entail?
RESOURCES
Connecting Africa and Saving Egypt
A revived Congo-Nile canal project could transform Egyptian water needs, end potential conflict over the Ethiopian Dam, and provide an African North-South hook-up.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Must Japan Pursue Nuclear Weapons to Remain Secure?
SOVEREIGNTY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Will Turkey Survive to the Mid-21st Century?
Can the Turkish state survive until the mid-21st Century within its present boundaries, and with its present identity?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Syria: Behind the Media and Politics
Political and media representations of the conflict in Syria have tended to reinforce entrenched positions, making truth the primary casualty of war. Senior Editor Yossef Bodansky goes back to primary sources and historical knowledge to get to an unvarnished perspective.