SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Syria’s Multi-Layered Wars
Why Assad is gaining strength, and why the greater conflict is more complex than the Western media has grasped.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pakistan’s Strategic Significance in a Transformed World
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Affairs: No Contest
The US-Iran-Israel Stand-Off: No Conflict in Sight; But for the US, No Success for Embargoes; No Ability to Constrain Nuclear Weapons. The Real War is Between Iran and Turkey.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Turkey’s Brinkmanship Bluster Hides Major Problems
An estimate of an area of key current significance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Global Strategic Outlook
What are the global trends? And where do some of the important regional trends fit?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Ramifications of Turkey’s “Anti-Coup”
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Northern Tier: Iran Effectively Sidesteps Turkey
With a major new agreement to deliver energy to Europe via Iraq and Syria, Iran continues to transform the region, and fuels the impetus and rivalry for Turkey’s new “Ottoman Region” moves.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Turkey After the Elections
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Strategic Impact of Syria’s Unrest
An estimate of an area of key current significance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 11/2010
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.