DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Northern Tier: Iran Effectively Sidesteps Turkey
With a major new agreement to deliver energy to Europe via Iraq and Syria, Iran continues to transform the region, and fuels the impetus and rivalry for Turkey’s new “Ottoman Region” moves.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Greek Tragedy, World Tragedy
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Bin Laden’s Death: For the US, a Time to Turn Inward
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Turkey After the Elections
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Special Operations in Africa: New World, New SpecOps
A look at Western options in the African context: the strategic framework, and the shape of future conflict on the Continent ...
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Some Ramifications of the Egyptian Changes
The transition of power in Egypt was still playing out by mid-February 2011, but it was already clear that there were ramifications which would shape the global economy and power balance
RESOURCES
Energy: the Driver of the Grand Strategy of the PRC
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Northern Tier Situation: Pakistan’s Major Ally, the PRC, Shows its Face
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Northern Tier Situation: Declaring Victory and Going Home
The US begins the process of substituting cash for combatants in the Northern Tier as the race begins for comprehensive US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: Washington Gambles on NATO’s Last Big Push
NATO — or in this case, essentially the US — invited Moscow to join the ballistic missile defense (BMD) party, forgetting that the last time it did this it led to the demise of the USSR ...
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Preparing for London’s Olympics
Security threats to the 2012 Olympics in London began to emerge the moment the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to the UK. Olympic security, meanwhile, is a strategic priority for the host.