PERSONNEL
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The View from 1997: New Strategic Environments Demand a New Doctrinal View
The global military environment has, with the political division of the world, changed dramatically since 1990. But military doctrine, and the tools to cope with the new world, are still insufficiently developed.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Sierra Leone: “Another Rwanda”?
Pres. Bio is increasingly turning his attempts to retain power into an ethnic civil war.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2023
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Sierra Leone's Crisis Highlights an Africa Breaking with the Past
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New Scramble in Africa
Now the fruits of Africa’s new era of coups are apparent, not just with the coup in Niger, but also with the other recent coups and “non-constitutional” changes of government.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Global Restructuring: Who’s Listening to the Big Powers?
Mali’s rejection of outside influences spelled a major reverse in Africa for France, the West, and ECOWAS, but it brought no joy for Beijing, or for regional or global governance.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Coronavirus, Corruption: Africa’s Inheritance from Beijing
A staff estimate on a topic of current significance.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Sierra Leone Pres. Bio, Rarely in the Country, Stirs Deepening Unrest
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Increased Capability But Decreased Security in the Gulf of Guinea
CRIME & CORRUPTION
Sierra Leone Begins Slipping Back to “Business as Usual”
PERSONNEL