SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Syria, Russia Dossier: Russia’s War Against DI’ISH
How Russia has planned and executed its expanded war against DI’ISH and the jihadist movements in Syria, and how Turkey and the US have been responding.
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
SOVEREIGNTY
Break-up: The Medium-Term Prospect for Turkey, Saudi Arabia
The break-up of the United Kingdom as a result of Scottish separatism, or the break-up of Spain due to Catalan secessionism, or of Canada: all can be discussed. But a major challenge of the coming decade or so will be whether Turkey and Saudi Arabia can remain intact as states.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EN CLAIR | Concern in Indonesia Over Inexperience of Joko Widodo
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | Europe, if it Still Exists, Cannot Survive the EU
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Argentine Buy of JF-17s: Implications for the Falklands?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | Is NATO Trapping the West, or Can It Be Saved?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Souda Bay: Again Vital in the Eastern Med.
As Turkey slips in terms of NATO reliability, planners look at changing threat and access patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pacific Overtures: the Crescendo Builds
A new strategic framework is now becoming established in the Pacific, but it is far from settled.
AFRICA
EARLY WARNING | The Year the Earth Shifted on its Axis
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Africa: Mali, Nigeria, and the Bigger Picture
The Mali War will be neither simple nor quick, ‘though the players all wish it so.
PERSONNEL