GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Dynamics of 2025
Has the “age of heroes” begun its return? Leaders replacing managers?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Syria: Türkiye’s New Plan and the Rôle of Russia
Russia, perceived as the big loser with the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad Government, sees a bigger goal: the potential to break up NATO as the US and Israel move to support the autonomy of the regional Kurdish populations.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Syria: Russia’s Mistakes and the Traps Awaiting Türkiye
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2024
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | The End of Everything, But Who’s Listening?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | NATO, Europe, Cyprus, Türkiye, and “The EastMed”
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Asymmetric Conventional Conflict
Where can the Israel-Iran conflict go? And has it already created a break-point for the level of influence on the region by external great powers?
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Nuclear Weapons 2.0: The Twilight World Tour?
Nuclear proliferation, which the West and the USSR attempted to limit, occurred notwithstanding, and this has rendered the original tenets of nuclear deterrence moot, while the evolution of new weapons and countermeasures is far more significant in pushing nuclear weapons toward meaninglessness.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Optimism of Possibly Reaching Bedrock?
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Looking at the Classic Autocracies ...
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Ending Iran’s Nuclear Façade
Major Western powers have for some time hidden their knowledge that Iran has already developed, tested, and deployed nuclear warheads for its strategic missiles. It is now critical to acknowledge the true position, and to assess the likelihood of their use.
PERSONNEL