SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Strategic Impact of Syria’s Unrest
An estimate of an area of key current significance
RESOURCES
The Rôle of Strategic Infrastructure in the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
RESOURCES
Energy: the Driver of the Grand Strategy of the PRC
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Northern Tier Situation: Declaring Victory and Going Home
The US begins the process of substituting cash for combatants in the Northern Tier as the race begins for comprehensive US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: Washington Gambles on NATO’s Last Big Push
NATO — or in this case, essentially the US — invited Moscow to join the ballistic missile defense (BMD) party, forgetting that the last time it did this it led to the demise of the USSR ...
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Preparing for London’s Olympics
Security threats to the 2012 Olympics in London began to emerge the moment the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to the UK. Olympic security, meanwhile, is a strategic priority for the host.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
US Policy: Obama, Phase II
After the US mid-term elections: a new, ideologically-based Obama foreign policy is emerging. This will profoundly impact the global balance.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Eastern Mediterranean as the Eye of the Hurricane
The crisis now focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean had Jimmy Carter’s overthrow of the Shah of Iran as its basis, and now centers around the competition — and cooperation — of Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the People’s Republic of China.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Heartlands, Rimlands, and Oceans: A New Age
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Iran, Israel, the US: The Return of Chicken Little
The Prospect of an Israeli Military Strike Against Iran: Far Lower than Western Analysts Would Like to Think
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Afghanistan and Beyond - First Instalment: The Price of Going Home
The strategic ramifications of a US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan are already becoming evident, from Nagorno-Karabakh and Kyrgyzstan to Europe: There is a penalty for early withdrawal ...
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA