STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
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.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
An estimate of an area of key current significance
African Union
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The long preparation of the Ikhwan — the Muslim Brothers — and their links to Iran, are now paying dividends in the Egyptian turmoil; and Suez, energy links are unquestionably targeted
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The transition of power in Egypt was still playing out by mid-February 2011, but it was already clear that there were ramifications which would shape the global economy and power balance
RESOURCES
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Security threats to the 2012 Olympics in London began to emerge the moment the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to the UK. Olympic security, meanwhile, is a strategic priority for the host.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
An estimate of an area of key current significance
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.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR