SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Peace at Any Price
Important New Strategic Literature
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Can Brazil Ensure That a Secure World Cup Football Tournament is Possible?
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Nigeria Pulls Back from the Brink
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The “Arab Spring” Three Years On
The Geopolitical Map Continues to Transform
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Taking It to the Street: Democracy as Mobocracy
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | Practice to Deceive
Important New Strategic Literature
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Northern Tier: Changing Fortunes in the Caspian
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Controlling the Scope and Consequences of a Military Strike Against Iran
In this “open letter”, a retired senior officer under the Shah asks whether the scope and intensity of an internationally-discussed military invasion of Iran, and its consequences, would be controllable.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | The Observer as Protagonist; Gesture as Victory
CRIME & CORRUPTION
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Nigeria’s Government Faces a Hard Deadline
An Estimate of an area of key current significance.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Six Decades On: The US Thinks Again About the Republic of China
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Syria: Behind the Media and Politics
Political and media representations of the conflict in Syria have tended to reinforce entrenched positions, making truth the primary casualty of war. Senior Editor Yossef Bodansky goes back to primary sources and historical knowledge to get to an unvarnished perspective.