CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Using Icons to Change Outcomes
Preventing conflict and dissension in Ethiopia may be more about prestige than power
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Broader Ramifications of the Arab States’ Rift with Qatar
AFRICA
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s Referendum is Transformative for Eurasia, Middle East
MIGRATION
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s President Plans to Unleash New Flow of Illegals into Europe
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Failure of the Saudi Attempt to Capture Washington
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 02/2017
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Jihadism: Resuming the Great Intra-Muslim War
The Future of DI’ISH and al-Qaida’s Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham in Syria. By Jonathan Alexander Hoffman
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
US Strategic Policy Options in a Post-Obama World
The incoming US Trump Administration has in many ways inherited a poisoned chalice, but, equally, there are many areas where decisive leadership is possible.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: The History Of What’s Next
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Juggernaut: US Politics at Work
A US presidential election of unprecedented opacity may lead to a Clinton presidency of continued strategic decline. Assuming she wins.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkey’s Putsch: The Broader Context Shows it as a Catalyst
Ankara has placed itself deliberately on an all-or-nothing path which envisages only Turkish strategic dominance, lightly disguised by attempts to diplomatically hold the international community at bay as it prepares its ground.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkey’s Trident: Erdoğan’s Moves to Dominate the Black Sea
Any pretense that Turkey is not at war with Russia, or that it does not have strategic ambitions from Western Europe to China, are being dispelled as the Turkish President creates Sunni jihadi groups and military alliances which directly challenge NATO and China.