STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Breakup of the Sunni Axis in Restless Türkiye
Tehran successfully used Houthis to discredit the recent Mecca Defense Agreement, as Türkiye refused to provide defensive assistance to Saudi Arabia following attacks.
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2024
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Türkiye Makes its Break with the West
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Türkiye’s Strategic Penetration of Africa
Türkiye has established itself as a major strategic force in Africa, and works extensively through front groups controlled by its national intelligence service and a related “private military contractor”, SADAT.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Global Architecture: Xi in Arabia
It was more consequential than Washington realized. But now the battle has been joined.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Unrest in Nigeria: A SitRep
The proliferation of insurrectionist and criminal threats has pushed Nigeria to a decisive, but by no means irretrievable, point. Its options, however, are likely to become more clear after the 2023 election.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Washington's Stumbling War Against Ethiopia
How the US plunges into the defeat of its own and Western interests in the Horn of Africa
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
In Memoriam: Losing a Part of Oneself
Yossef Bodansky, a uniquely talented and courageous strategic thinker, leaves us
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?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Strategic Gambling of the Blind
The People’s Republic of China fights for survival; Russia surges; the US attempts to rebuild credibility; India sees its great opportunity; other powers are either dazed or prowling …
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS