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
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | The Future of Warfare, For What It’s Worth
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
Pakistan Floods: the Catalyst Which Ends the Afghan War?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | Defiant, Forgotten
Important New Strategic Literature
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Eastern Mediterranean as the Eye of the Hurricane
The crisis now focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean had Jimmy Carter’s overthrow of the Shah of Iran as its basis, and now centers around the competition — and cooperation — of Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the People’s Republic of China.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Heartlands, Rimlands, and Oceans: A New Age
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Game Has Changed in the Indo-Pacific Maritime Zone
An estimate of an area of key current significance