DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
INTERVIEW | Iranian Statesman Ardeshir Zahedi Looks to the Future
Ardeshir Zahedi talks with Gregory R. Copley, Editor
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2016
PERSONNEL
Strategic Biographies: Key individuals currently in the spotlight
ASIA
EN CLAIR | Is Australia Ready to Abandon Its French Submarine Program?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Architecture: The Era of Strategic Containment is Over
Everything changes when heartland powers become maritime powers
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
US Elections: Everyone is Watching
Strategic Ramifications of the 2016 US Presidential and Congressional Elections
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Terrorism: The Jihad Escalates In Europe
But it’s not necessarily driven just by DI’ISH, the Islamic State. It has its core within Europe.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | East of Suez, the New Great Game Breaks Into the Open
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Australia opts for Forward Defense
Australia’s new Defence White Paper and associated policy papers provoke significant major power interest, largely because Australia is looking, for the first time, at forward projection of capability. But it faces enormous challenges in rebuilding its defense industrial capabilities.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Indonesia, Turkey, Under Pressure, Push Defense Industries
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Saudi Arabia Throws Down the Gauntlet, But to Whom?
Saudi Arabia’s theater of mass executions on January 2, 2016, was designed to reinforce the authority of its leadership. It may bolster short-term objectives, but it also ended chances for an early end to the Yemen war; it further damaged relations with the US; and it bolstered Turkey’s and Iran’s…
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE