HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s Kurdish Truce Ends; War Resumes on Assad
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”.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Afghanistan: a Brief US Victory?
Washington clearly got the outcome it wanted when Pres. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in to office in Afghanistan on September 29, 2014. The question will be how long the “government of national unity” with Chief Executive Officer (head-of-government) Dr Abdullah Abdullah can last.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Libya, Now Effectively Divided, Seeks a Way Forward
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Turkey: At the Point of No Return
Turkey’s leader has unveiled himself to claim sole authority. Where does he go from here?
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.
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.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | How Societies Cope: Through New Allegiances
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE