SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EARLY WARNING | The Pentagon’s “Third Offset” is Too Limited
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Sanctions: The White House Cuba Hypocrisy
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.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | Is NATO Trapping the West, or Can It Be Saved?
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | New Technology and New Doctrine for a New Era
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
EARLY WARNING | The Strategic Impact of the US Elections
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Next Big Thing
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | *This* is the Book
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa Transforms, But Confused US Policies Push it Toward China
The US Obama White House seeks to retain Western influence over Africa — partially through its Africa Leaders Summit — while ceding strategic “authority” to France. But the plan has backfired, giving strategic opportunity to China, and opening the gates to African change.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | How Societies Cope: Through New Allegiances
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY