CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
ESSENTIAL READING | Practice to Deceive
Important New Strategic Literature
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Nigerian Political Leaders Abandon Pres. Jonathan and the PDP
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Controlling the Scope and Consequences of a Military Strike Against Iran
In this “open letter”, a retired senior officer under the Shah asks whether the scope and intensity of an internationally-discussed military invasion of Iran, and its consequences, would be controllable.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Australia Moving Cautiously on Defense
Reports on Issues of Current Strategic Importance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Sudan and South Sudan: More Than Just Rumors of War...
..as Sudan mobilizes to invade Abyei and South Sudan after a referendum of the Ngok Dinka people in the territory favors union with South Sudan
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Six Decades On: The US Thinks Again About the Republic of China
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pakistan in a Totally Transformed World
Pakistan’s strategic context transformed with the start of a new war in Afghanistan in 2001. It is now emerging into the “post-Afghan War”, Post-US Years, which will transform it yet again. But what will this entail?
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
The African Watershed in Global Affairs
Conflict emerges in Africa as the PRC battles to push resource exports toward the Indian Ocean
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Sudan, Facing Revolt, Prepares for War
Sudan’s economic crisis spurs Khartoum to search for a foreign threat.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Syria: Behind the Media and Politics
Political and media representations of the conflict in Syria have tended to reinforce entrenched positions, making truth the primary casualty of war. Senior Editor Yossef Bodansky goes back to primary sources and historical knowledge to get to an unvarnished perspective.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Consequences of Initiating War Against Iran’s Vital Ally
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Syria Marked an Historical Watershed, Hidden by Verbiage
The strategic landscape changes irrevocably daily. The events of Sept 10, 2013, were of such magnitude that they could not be retracted, even though, in the weeks which followed, there were strong words and gestures — as though nothing had changed — which seemed to give a sense of continuity. But...