CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2010
RESOURCES
Energy: the Driver of the Grand Strategy of the PRC
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Africa: Ending the Rwanda Romance
US disenchantment emerges with Rwandan Pres. Paul Kagame as the regional situation moves to critical with the Southern Sudanese secession.
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.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Turkey Considers its Moves Toward Nuclear Weapons
Profound tensions exist between the Turkish Armed Forces and the civilian Government; it is an age-old rivalry which may once again, and soon, come to a head even though the September 12, 2010, referendum gave the civilians the edge. But there are some strategic questions on which both agree.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The New Civil Wars Within the West
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Piracy: An Overview — Puntland and Piracy
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Eurasian Strategic Matrix: Europe’s Latest Tinder-Box
From Broadbrush Historic Mega-Trends to Imperative Concrete Regional Undertakings
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Did Turkey Declare War on Israel ... and the West?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Turkey’s Civil-Military “Secret War” Coming to a Head
An estimate of an area of key current significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR