SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Russia has responded strenuously and unambiguously to the US, Turkish, Qatari, and Saudi provocations which began, and sustain, the war — and the Islamic Caliphate — in Syria.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
PERSONNEL
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
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.
PERSONNEL
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Geopolitical Map Continues to Transform
PERSONNEL
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Political and media representations of the conflict in Syria have tended to reinforce entrenched positions, making truth the primary casualty of war. Senior Editor Yossef Bodansky goes back to primary sources and historical knowledge to get to an unvarnished perspective.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Fragility of the modern Middle Eastern state system reflects a return to reliance on traditional societies. The minorities’ genie is out of the lantern throughout the entire greater Middle East.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
A Report on an Issue of Strategic Importance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
How the release from a Syrian prison of perhaps the most important jihadist ideologues reflects a delicate interplay between Iran, Syria, and the Sunni jihadist forces from Qatar, Turkey, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia.