STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Alliance-Building in the RedMed
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have been at the forefront of attempts to build new realities on the ground in the Red Sea-Eastern Mediterranean areas. But there are many sub-sets and contradictions at play, including significant underlying rivalries.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Saudi Arabia Throws Down the Gauntlet, But to Whom?
Saudi Arabia’s theater of mass executions on January 2, 2016, was designed to reinforce the authority of its leadership. It may bolster short-term objectives, but it also ended chances for an early end to the Yemen war; it further damaged relations with the US; and it bolstered Turkey’s and Iran’s…
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Controlling Crisis in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea
Does “peacekeeping”, as it is presently construed by the United Nations concept, really provide long-term resolution of the problems which caused the conflicts? What are our objectives? Have we even defined them?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Saudi Coalition Moves Its War Across the Red Sea
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
RedMed: The Global Nexus at the Suez, Red Sea, and Horn of Africa
Why the RedMed Region is Becoming Increasingly Central to the Emerging Global Strategic Framework
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Red Sea and Indian Ocean: Fishing in Troubled Waters
Djibouti takes center stage as Horn, Arabian Peninsula, and the muddied waters of the Red Sea come “into play”. Just as the Suez Canal doubles its capacity, Iran enjoys new freedom of operations, and Beijing begins consolidating its reach into strategic bases in the region.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Obama’s Africa Turn
After his successful achievement of an accord with Iran, US Pres. Barack Obama belatedly starts moves to regain African ground from the PRC. Is it too little, too late?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Ethiopia’s Elections Disguise a Pivotal Power-Play
SOVEREIGNTY
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Djibouti Reunion With Ethiopia: Global Impact
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
2015: The Year of Opportunity and Danger
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES