DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
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
ESSENTIAL READING | *This* is the Book
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Australia at a Strategic Turning Point
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Real War: Winning the US Mid-Term Elections
The US White House seemed ready to risk war over Ukraine, and staged an expensive “sound and light” African Summit, all in order to impact the mid-term US Congressional elections, coming up in November 2014.
RESOURCES
ESSENTIAL READING | Business Unusual
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.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | How Societies Cope: Through New Allegiances
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Books Which Can Change Us, and History
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Future Imperfect
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY