SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The “Khorasan Pledge” and Sunni Jihadist Rivalry
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2014
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Ukraine: A New Blackness on the Black Sea
The US Obama Administration’s handling of the MH-17 disaster in Ukraine risks dragging the US’ allies into an irreversible strategic posture.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa Transforms, But Confused US Policies Push it Toward China
The US Obama White House seeks to retain Western influence over Africa — partially through its Africa Leaders Summit — while ceding strategic “authority” to France. But the plan has backfired, giving strategic opportunity to China, and opening the gates to African change.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Boko Haram Attempts to Emulate DI’ISH
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Implications of US Joining the War on Boko Haram
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2014
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Books Which Can Change Us, and History
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Saudi Arabia Seeks New Course After Rift With Washington
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
SOVEREIGNTY
The Ukraine Crisis: The Changing Black Sea Balance, and its Broader Impact
The inevitable return of Crimea to Russia, and the strategic consequences in the Black Sea region, the Caucasus and Northern Tier, for NATO, the Mediterranean, and, well, everywhere ...
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Boko Haram: A New Textbook Case in Handling Civil Unrest?
Is the northern Nigerian Boko Haram movement being defeated by the Nigerian Armed Forces, or are the Armed Forces being destroyed by Boko Haram? The answer may be neither, either, both, or something else again. But the issue is of profound importance to Nigeria, Africa, and the world.