PERSONNEL
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Toward a Perspective on the Next Era of Global Security
Why the End of the Age of Consumerism and Scale Will Change the Balance of Power
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Libya’s Gathering and Critical Jihad
What are Libya’s, and the international community’s, options in the face of the Islamic Caliphate’s growing rôle in Libya? The pace of the conflict there has broadened following a “mega-merger” of jihadist groups under the Caliphate’s banner.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
RedMed: The Global Nexus at the Suez, Red Sea, and Horn of Africa
Why the RedMed Region is Becoming Increasingly Central to the Emerging Global Strategic Framework
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 09/2015
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Russia, Syria, and the West: Finally at the Crossroads?
Russia has responded strenuously and unambiguously to the US, Turkish, Qatari, and Saudi provocations which began, and sustain, the war — and the Islamic Caliphate — in Syria.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Eritrea’s Fracturing Continues; How Will Isayas React?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Indian Ocean Shapes Up as the Dynamic Nexis of the 21st Century
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy: Sanctions Busting
Do sanctions work, or do they exacerbate conflict, in a multi-polar strategic environment? And who suffers most? Could it be the sanctioning states? French Pres. Hollande succumbed — at least temporarily — to US pressure on delivery of Mistral ships to Russia, which pays the price.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | Is NATO Trapping the West, or Can It Be Saved?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Uniting Oceans
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Souda Bay: Again Vital in the Eastern Med.
As Turkey slips in terms of NATO reliability, planners look at changing threat and access patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant.