GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New 9/11 Attacks: A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy
The surge in jihadist attacks on US diplomatic missions in September 2012 largely obscured the complex realities around a number of individual incidents and locales, particularly with regard to the Libyan situation.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Psychological Strategy in the 21st Century
A look at how some aspects of the human condition remain constant through the changes in civilizational structures, and how some technological and geo-strategic evolutions will impact goal-setting, message content, and message-delivery and other aspects of psychological strategy.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Are We There Yet?
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
A Confluence of Events in the Horn of Africa
The announcement of the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi — possibly a month after he actually died — starts to focus the growing confluence of events in the Horn of Africa; events which show a profound watershed in the strategic situation along one of the most significant trade…
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Australia Poised for New Leadership Challenges
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance — From Defense & Foreign Affairs Canberra Correspondent
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Pakistan Moves Toward Political, if Not Economic, Stability
An estimate of an area of key current significance
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Maghreb: Can Libya Repel the Invaders and Survive?
Libyans went, on July 7, 2012, into their first national elections in decades, and foreign observers hailed the fact that democracy had returned to the Maghreb state.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Africa and the Middle East: The Emperor’s Ghost
The Red Sea and Africa’s north-east move deeper into an era of great change, with global ramifications as energy acquisition patterns also transform, impacting the relative geopolitical centrality of the region.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
Iran at Its Strategic Juncture
Iran, no less than the European Union or the United States, faces a series of problems which place it at a critical strategic junction. It now faces urgent challenges, the response to which will determine its viability — even its survival — over the coming decades.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Death of Pres. Atta Mills Transforms Ghanaian Poll
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance — From Defense & Foreign Affairs Accra Correspondent
PERSONNEL