SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CRIME & CORRUPTION
South America: When States Pursue a Narcotic Agenda
President Evo Morales of Bolivia has emerged as a major narcotics trafficker for a variety of strategic reasons, mostly related to his retention of power.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Rôle of Secret Intelligence in British Foreign Policy
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Nigerian Situation Slides Further as Jonathan Prevaricates
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?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
US Policy: Obama, Phase II
After the US mid-term elections: a new, ideologically-based Obama foreign policy is emerging. This will profoundly impact the global balance.
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
EN CLAIR | Falklands Issue as Opportunity
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Strategic Trends: Options in the Indian Ocean Century
How do nations move, “post-Afghanistan”, post-superpowers, and in the Indian Ocean Century?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The 1992 Outlook: A New Era of Conflict
This study, by Gregory Copley, appeared in Defense & Foreign Affairs in May 1992. It noted, in that 1992 report, that contradictory trends and the revival of history as a strategic factor were among the significant indicators of the new era of global conflict then beginning.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Honduras: A Monroe Doctrine Junction
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE