STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
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.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
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 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 ...
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
From Broadbrush Historic Mega-Trends to Imperative Concrete Regional Undertakings
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
How Turkey’s New Axis With Russia Affects US Interests in the Eastern Mediterranean and South-Eastern Europe
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Media, and political, hysteria over Yemen obfuscates a broader, deeper strategic matrix of long-term importance. Is the Western demand for simplicity, and the refusal to embrace complex context, at the core of Western strategic failure?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
An estimate of an area of key current significance.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Turkey-Armenia accord stirs a multitude of strategic issues and potential outcomes, as the US abandons Azerbaijan to woo Iran’s clerical leaders. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton moved mountains to achieve a diplomatic success, which may be a strategic failure for the US.
SOVEREIGNTY
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR