HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Defense Procurement: Politicization Without Performance
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PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 03/2012
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
A Jihadist, Anti-Western Agenda is Being Forced on Syria
The international community has been blindly following a jihadist-driven agenda for Syria; a solution the majority of Syrians reject, but which Turkey and Qatar have been driving.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Israel and Iran: Still No War in Sight …
… But the Mosaic of Great Eurasian and Mediterranean Strategic Change Becomes More Clear
CRIME & CORRUPTION
South America: When States Pursue a Narcotic Agenda
President Evo Morales of Bolivia has emerged as a major narcotics trafficker for a variety of strategic reasons, mostly related to his retention of power.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Economic Strategy: Making the Numbers Work
The Strategic Impact of Population Growth on Pakistan’s Agricultural, Energy and Economic Trends
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Syria’s Multi-Layered Wars
Why Assad is gaining strength, and why the greater conflict is more complex than the Western media has grasped.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Military Doctrine: The Legacy of Coalition Warfare
US Defense reorganization means major doctrinal re-thinking, not just for the US, but for its Allies. The debate now begins on how to get back to sustainable — politically and economically — warfighting doctrines after the strategic failure of “overwhelming wealth”.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Terrorism and Geopolitics: The Release of Abu-Musab al-Suri
How the release from a Syrian prison of perhaps the most important jihadist ideologues reflects a delicate interplay between Iran, Syria, and the Sunni jihadist forces from Qatar, Turkey, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Affairs: No Contest
The US-Iran-Israel Stand-Off: No Conflict in Sight; But for the US, No Success for Embargoes; No Ability to Constrain Nuclear Weapons. The Real War is Between Iran and Turkey.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Outlook: Eight Strategic Factors to Consider in 2012
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Geopolitical Consequences of a Eurozone Collapse
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