GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 04/2015
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Premature Caliph?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Revived Coalition Against Syria May Be Result of Saudi Shuffle
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
National Security in a Totally Transformed Global Strategic Framework
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The End of the Arab-Israeli War, But Not the Fighting
It is possible to see that the “Arab-Israeli war” will only be sustained in that name by propaganda: the reality is that possibly only one Arab state — Qatar — is committed fully to the war, while HAMAS in the Palestinian Authority is also implacable.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Saudi Leadership War and the Retreat to Conservatism
Saudi Arabia’s leadership succession restructuring and Cabinet reshuffle on April 29, 2015, offered important clues for the strategic shape of the region in the coming few years, and these may not be positive for the Kingdom.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Rivalry Between Budgets or Doctrine?
PERSONNEL
Planning for a Successor to Iran’s Khamene‘i
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Strategic Realities in the Post-Iran-Deal World
The tentative Iran “nuclear” deal does not stop Iran gaining nuclear weapons. But it does have unintended consequences of global significance.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Indian Ocean Shapes Up as the Dynamic Nexis of the 21st Century
SOVEREIGNTY