STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Strategic Architecture: Indo-Pacific Overtures
How the Present, Multi-Dimension Imbroglio Plays Out. Global Power is at Stake.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2017
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EN CLAIR | Rwanda Moves Quietly Toward Pivotal Constitutional Crisis
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
US Strategic Policy Options in a Post-Obama World
The incoming US Trump Administration has in many ways inherited a poisoned chalice, but, equally, there are many areas where decisive leadership is possible.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Nigeria’s Sudden Strategic Decline Compounded by US Concerns
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | How China’s Slowdown Hits the BRICS and Others
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.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Does the US Have a Middle East Strategy Going Forward?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Behold, the Sack of Europe Commences
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
National Security in a Totally Transformed Global Strategic Framework
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy: Sanctions Busting
Do sanctions work, or do they exacerbate conflict, in a multi-polar strategic environment? And who suffers most? Could it be the sanctioning states? French Pres. Hollande succumbed — at least temporarily — to US pressure on delivery of Mistral ships to Russia, which pays the price.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Africa: Disquiet in the Congo
DRC Pres. Joseph Kabila’s quest to become “president for life” has revived suspicions over the cause of death of his “trusted advisor”.