DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Earthquake in the Middle East
An estimate of an area of key current significance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Eastern Mediterranean as the Eye of the Hurricane
The crisis now focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean had Jimmy Carter’s overthrow of the Shah of Iran as its basis, and now centers around the competition — and cooperation — of Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the People’s Republic of China.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
South Asia: Après le Deluge
Watershed Strategic Ramifications Can be Expected from Pakistan Flood Disaster
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Heartlands, Rimlands, and Oceans: A New Age
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Links with al-Qaida
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Re-Thinking Strategic-Level Policy Security and Intelligence in a Time of Technological and Social Transformation
Intelligence management.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Turkey Considers its Moves Toward Nuclear Weapons
Profound tensions exist between the Turkish Armed Forces and the civilian Government; it is an age-old rivalry which may once again, and soon, come to a head even though the September 12, 2010, referendum gave the civilians the edge. But there are some strategic questions on which both agree.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New Strategic Framework Begins to Emerge in the Middle East as Iran Surges, and the US Resiles
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Northern Tier Anew
Important New Strategic Literature
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Iran, Israel, the US: The Return of Chicken Little
The Prospect of an Israeli Military Strike Against Iran: Far Lower than Western Analysts Would Like to Think
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Horn, Red Sea Brace for Instability
Somaliland Moves Toward Islamist Reunification With Somalia
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Afghanistan and Beyond - First Instalment: The Price of Going Home
The strategic ramifications of a US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan are already becoming evident, from Nagorno-Karabakh and Kyrgyzstan to Europe: There is a penalty for early withdrawal ...