SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SOVEREIGNTY
Yemen’s Crisis Takes on a New Strategic Dimension
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Sic Transit Gloria: Sunset, Sunrise on the Suez Canal
Egypt has already made its move away from the United States, although many in Washington do not seem to even understand that the seismic shift has been made. Egypt is reviving economically and strategically, and promises to transform the Suez-Red Sea strategic maritime environment.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2015
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Thinking: Ways to Think About the Future
Long-range planning — or at least a superficial view of it — is back in vogue, but modern societies are paying the price for their inattention to history, and the stove-piping of intellectual skills. So how can the “grand strategy” matrix be re-introduced before it’s too late?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Paris Jihad, Ready or Not, Has Begun, and Will Widen
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Sanctions: The White House Cuba Hypocrisy
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 11/2014
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
EN CLAIR | Egypt Strengthens Its Alliances, Economy, and Opposition to Extremism
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EN CLAIR | Qatar Changes its Public Relations, not its Strategies
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australian Leader Averts Leadership Challenge, But Faces Uncertainty
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy: Sanctions Busting
Do sanctions work, or do they exacerbate conflict, in a multi-polar strategic environment? And who suffers most? Could it be the sanctioning states? French Pres. Hollande succumbed — at least temporarily — to US pressure on delivery of Mistral ships to Russia, which pays the price.