SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Strategic Concepts: The Last Legions
Farewell to the Past; it is Time to Prepare for the Future of Conflict
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 01/2010
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Global Implications of Clashing Trends in Afghanistan and Pakistan
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Complexity: the Yemen Fixation - Craving Clarity
Media, and political, hysteria over Yemen obfuscates a broader, deeper strategic matrix of long-term importance. Is the Western demand for simplicity, and the refusal to embrace complex context, at the core of Western strategic failure?
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?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Re-Thinking the Art of Military Planning
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Australian Submarine Plans Hang on US Advice
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Dubai Airshow Sees Military Orders
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Diplomatic Success; Strategic Failure
The Turkey-Armenia accord stirs a multitude of strategic issues and potential outcomes, as the US abandons Azerbaijan to woo Iran’s clerical leaders. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton moved mountains to achieve a diplomatic success, which may be a strategic failure for the US.
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
HISTORY