STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | France Set to Deliver Mistral Ships to Russia
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Perfect Storm at Sea: Threats, Nature, and Opportunity
Strategic cyber warfare is set to mimic — on a larger scale — the effects of major natural disasters, while the existing pattern of these disasters in the Indo-Pacific region already preoccupies maritime agencies hampered by political distortions in regional cooperation.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Space: Launch Capabilities Once Again Becoming a Priority
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s Kurdish Truce Ends; War Resumes on Assad
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Souda Bay: Again Vital in the Eastern Med.
As Turkey slips in terms of NATO reliability, planners look at changing threat and access patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategy: To Win is to Change, and in Many Ways
Almost all decisive strategic victories — winning the peace, not just the battle — derive from the adoption of game-changing capabilities, as well as strategic depth. Competing through linear development of old approaches is expensive and dangerous, especially when budgets are tight.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | *This* is the Book
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Turkey: At the Point of No Return
Turkey’s leader has unveiled himself to claim sole authority. Where does he go from here?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Real War: Winning the US Mid-Term Elections
The US White House seemed ready to risk war over Ukraine, and staged an expensive “sound and light” African Summit, all in order to impact the mid-term US Congressional elections, coming up in November 2014.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Ukraine: A New Blackness on the Black Sea
The US Obama Administration’s handling of the MH-17 disaster in Ukraine risks dragging the US’ allies into an irreversible strategic posture.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES