GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Ethiopians Have “Become Lost”: What’s Next?
Could a military intervention be the only answer if the system becomes more stressed, and external pressures threaten the break-up of Ethiopia?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Global Restructuring: Who’s Listening to the Big Powers?
Mali’s rejection of outside influences spelled a major reverse in Africa for France, the West, and ECOWAS, but it brought no joy for Beijing, or for regional or global governance.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 12/2021
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | The Saga of the Zahedis
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Talking Itself Into War: Algeria’s Answer to its fin d’ère?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EN CLAIR | Return of Free-Form Strategic Dynamics in the Middle East, Northern Tier, and Africa
Coups, as a form of “regime change”, are once again “permissible” in the greater Middle East and Africa as out-of-region powers lose traction. But then what?
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | Stirring the Primordial Soup of a New World
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2021
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Ardeshir Zahedi Interview: Lessons of Diplomacy for the 21st Century
Few diplomats in the 20th Century were as active or influential as Iran’s Ardeshir Zahedi, who remains active while living — and writing — from exile in Montreux, Switzerland.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Revisiting Diplomacy as a Strategic Capability in 21st Century Conflict
“Diplomacy” needs to be re-defined to allow it to emerge as a major strategic tool.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA