SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2015
PERSONNEL
Strategic Biographies: Key individuals currently in the spotlight - 08/2015
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Ramifications of the Burkinabe Coup
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Red Sea and Indian Ocean: Fishing in Troubled Waters
Djibouti takes center stage as Horn, Arabian Peninsula, and the muddied waters of the Red Sea come “into play”. Just as the Suez Canal doubles its capacity, Iran enjoys new freedom of operations, and Beijing begins consolidating its reach into strategic bases in the region.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
Buhari Begins Nigeria’s Crackdown
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Global Balance: The Global Tectonic Plates Begin to Move
Some of the short-term fog of global transformation is beginning to clear, showing the PRC and the US as — predictably — the great powers, but each facing profound existential challenges.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2015
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Peru and Colombia Embark on a New Strategic Bloc
PERSONNEL
Strategic Biographies - Key individuals currently in the spotlight - 07/2015
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria: A New President, But Not Quite Yet a New Government
Nigeria’s Pres. Buhari, visited Washington, DC, on July 20, 2015, for talks with US Pres. Obama. It was something his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, was unable to do, relegated to a humiliating also-ran position at Obama’s 2014 Africa Summit.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Obama’s Africa Turn
After his successful achievement of an accord with Iran, US Pres. Barack Obama belatedly starts moves to regain African ground from the PRC. Is it too little, too late?