HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | India Closer to Serious Carrier Projection Capability
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
A True Iran-US Rapprochement Would Change the Strategic Landscape
The restoration of meaningful US-Iranian links could have profound strategic implications for both states, as well as for Russia, Turkey, and the region.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Pakistan Begins a Move Toward Indian Ocean Centrality
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Sudan and South Sudan: More Than Just Rumors of War...
..as Sudan mobilizes to invade Abyei and South Sudan after a referendum of the Ngok Dinka people in the territory favors union with South Sudan
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pakistan in a Totally Transformed World
Pakistan’s strategic context transformed with the start of a new war in Afghanistan in 2001. It is now emerging into the “post-Afghan War”, Post-US Years, which will transform it yet again. But what will this entail?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | New Australian Government Faces Security Issues
An Estimate of an area of key current significance. Report from Canberra
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Sudan, Facing Revolt, Prepares for War
Sudan’s economic crisis spurs Khartoum to search for a foreign threat.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Great War Lessons
Important New Strategic Literature
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Northern Tier: Changes in Pakistan’s National Security Framework Are Beginning to Emerge
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.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2013
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY