SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Kurdistan May Yet Challenge Iran
Iran has succeeded as the midwife in dividing Iraq, but the growing power and autonomy of Iraqi Kurdistan may yet backfire on Tehran, and the US.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Strategic Trends: Options in the Indian Ocean Century
How do nations move, “post-Afghanistan”, post-superpowers, and in the Indian Ocean Century?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | US-PRC Strategic Divide Begins
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Eurasia: A Byzantine Arabesque?
Embrace the Complexity of the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Central, South, and East Asia — and the Impact of Western or Asian Economic-Political Trends — or Miss the Plot
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The 1992 Outlook: A New Era of Conflict
This study, by Gregory Copley, appeared in Defense & Foreign Affairs in May 1992. It noted, in that 1992 report, that contradictory trends and the revival of history as a strategic factor were among the significant indicators of the new era of global conflict then beginning.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Replacing Ahmadi-Nejad
Iran’s Clerical Leadership, Recovering from Ahmadi-Nejad’s Assault on it, Moves to Find a Replacement President
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Middle East: A Spy Story
The Pivotal Rôle of Abu-Abdallah al-Muhajer in Shaping a New Phase in the Palestinian and Anti-Israeli Conflicts
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Modernized G.222/C-27s Delivered to Afghan Army Air
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Khamene’i Reportedly “in Coma”, Near Death
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The US and the Northern Tier: Declaring Victory, and Going Home
The Pre-Military Phase of the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Has Begun
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Obama Seeks Moroccan Help, But Then Undercuts Rabat
An estimate of an area of key current significance.
SOVEREIGNTY
The “Cyprus Issue”
Now Urgent, Again, After 35 Years