STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Uzbekistan Re-Emerges as the Strategic “Heartland of the Heartland”
Uzbekistan is emerging as the “strategic surprise player”, galvanizing the Silk Road and Central Asia.
SOVEREIGNTY
A New “East-West” Fault Line
A new strategic framework is possible in which the US could regain some leverage in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean. And it could see a resolution of the Kosovo problem which has dogged US credibility in the region since 2008.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Climate: Changing Political, Strategic Traction?
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | A Window of Opportunity Opens for the US in the Balkans
Events have conspired in the Eastern Mediterranean to open a new chapter of strategic opportunity for the United States, just as US-Turkish relations have moved into a profound downward direction.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2019
SOVEREIGNTY
The UK and the West: Britannia Waives the Rules
Whither the United Kingdom? What are the options — and more importantly, what are the strategic priorities — for the Government of Boris Johnson? Can the UK recover from its several decades of strategic decline as a result of its European Union membership.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Iran: The Art of the Bazaar Deal
US Pres. Donald Trump tried his “Art of the Deal” approach to get Iranian leaders to the negotiating table. But Iran’s clerical leader has adopted a different approach, designed to ensure the continuation of the leadership, even if it means suffering through a war.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Increased Capability But Decreased Security in the Gulf of Guinea
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Turkish Brinkmanship is Very Near the Brink
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
The Global Balance: Strategic Self-Defeatism
How the US internal political war against such issues as the INF Treaty withdrawal and missile defense modernization mirrors historical schisms inviting the overthrow of sound governance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The PRC’s Internal Conversation
Beijing starts to frame a rationale and strategy for its New Thirty Years War with the United States.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY