GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Nigeria: Absent Prestige, All is Lost
The moral authority of governments worldwide is suffering in the current economic and social upheaval, but in Africa it has reached a new level. Events in Nigeria — as well as such places as Sierra Leone — show that the Continent is reaching a breaking point.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Sierra Leone's Crisis Highlights an Africa Breaking with the Past
MIGRATION
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Strategic Power's Inverse Relationship to Population Increase
One of the remaining myths to be punctured in assessing strategic power and strength is the widely-entrenched belief that national economic growth is directly proportional to population growth and population size.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Coup d’État as a “Democratic Response” to Pseudo-Coup
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Türkiye’s Strategic Penetration of Africa
Türkiye has established itself as a major strategic force in Africa, and works extensively through front groups controlled by its national intelligence service and a related “private military contractor”, SADAT.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
One BRIC at a Time
The Africa-Middle East space and the implications of the BRICS expansion and rising instability: it’s all about perception, and perception counts.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New Scramble in Africa
Now the fruits of Africa’s new era of coups are apparent, not just with the coup in Niger, but also with the other recent coups and “non-constitutional” changes of government.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2026
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Global Trends: The Great Transition
The glacial drifts to and from autocracy
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2023
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS