HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Indonesia Steps Up Defense Modernization
A Report on an Issue of Strategic Importance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2013
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Northern Tier: Changes in Pakistan’s National Security Framework Are Beginning to Emerge
SOVEREIGNTY
Showdown in South Sudan
ASIA
Can Abe Revive Japan?
Japan has the tools to transform its strategic position, from resource exploitation to nuclear weapons. To a significant degree, the matter is now very much in the hands of one man: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Egypt Stares Open-Eyed into its Future, and It May Not Be All Bad
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Middle East Drifts Back to Its Roots
Fragility of the modern Middle Eastern state system reflects a return to reliance on traditional societies. The minorities’ genie is out of the lantern throughout the entire greater Middle East.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Australia’s Phony Political War and Difficult Future
An Estimate of an area of key current significance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2013
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Egypt: Why the Ikhwan Has Not Lost in Egypt, and Why the Challenge is Just Beginning
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Egypt Attempts to Control its Destiny
The Egyptian decision to remove Pres. Morsi was demonstrably no less “democratic” than the decision to remove Pres. Mubarak, but the latest events showed that the US could no longer determine outcomes in the region ...
RESOURCES
Sudan and South Sudan: Getting South Sudan’s Oil Flowing
Diplomatic failure by South Sudan’s Vice-Pres. Machar when he was sent to negotiate with Sudan in fact cut South Sudan’s oil exports. But Machar then began to exploit his own failure as part of a campaign to seize power at home.