DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Changes in the Indian Ocean at the Core of the “New Balance”
Could the UK soon lose sovereignty over Diego Garcia? If so, the US would lose another key base in the Indo-Pacific. And how are Oman and Qatar planning for the future? Could the US even project force again into a major Afghan operation, or into Iraq?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Yemen, the Unnecessary War
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Re-Emerging Shape of France as a Global Power?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Iran Maneuvers to Face Internal, External Challenges
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | US's Turkey Divorce Complicated by Qatar, Iran, Syria, Russia
The strategic path along which the US and Turkey are traveling has an element of fatalism about it, given that each side fears the divorce for a range of different reasons.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Saudi Arabia’s Fortunes Reach a Critical Juncture
Saudi Arabia has plunged its immediate region into major strategic uncertainty.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
Devouring the Kingdom
US-Saudi and Saudi-PRC relations are a factor in continued US dollar dominance. Beijing is poised to become a major rival to the US for influence in Saudi Arabia, and this could become the hub of the launch of the renminbi as a global currency.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Persia Rising: Strategic Ramifications of Iran’s Regional Proxies
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Iran’s Unity is Intact, But So, Too, the National Angst
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Collapse of the Kingdom: MbS Adds Accelerant to the Saudi Fire
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES