PERSONNEL
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Syrian Acquisition of Iraqi Chemical Weapons Noted in 2002; Qatar Now Reported Entering WMD Market
All is not as it seemed with the international media reporting in early December 2012 of the Syrian Government’s alleged preparation of sarin-based chemical weapons for (presumed) use against domestic insurgents.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
The Transition Beyond Strategic Nuclear War
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
P3R: Projection, Protection, Policing, Resilience
Gregory R. Copley, at the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Somaliland Leadership Hijacked as State Becomes Islamist
An estimate of an area of key current significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Israel’s Sudan Air Strike: a Message and a Mission
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
In Memoriam: Elkana Galli
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.
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…
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Changes in Latitudes; Changes in Attitudes
Changes in the Global Strategic Architecture and their Ramifications for Sea Lane Security, with Particular Emphasis on the South China Sea Issue.
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.