SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Ethiopia, facing a myriad of strategic domestic and regional challenges, just bought some breathing space. But time is running out to resolve a half-century’s accretion of corruption, cruelty, mismanagement…and international rivalries.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The set-piece Black Sea confrontation between the Royal Navy and Russia served as a theatrical start of a new era of conflict.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Put aside age-old conflict-driving myths, and opportunities abound.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
And, in a unique period of change, the new US Administration is operating from old strategic perceptions, even as it adopts new technology and doctrine
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Russian grand strategy is clarifying, retaining its historical constants, but with new themes.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
The Palestinians — the PA and HAMAS — as well as Turkey, Iran, and Qatar had no option but to return to a state of open warfare against Israel if they were to regain the strategic high ground, lost as a result of the 2020 Abraham Accords.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Eastern Mediterranean-Red Sea strategic nexus is operating in a balance of weakness, and the Hashemite Kingdom is vulnerable.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Why are there no real Libyan interests in the proposed Libyan solution?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Washington, in 2011, almost missed its first chance in 50 years to secure a break in the PRC’s dominance over Myanmar. Any strident US moves to insist on the installation of an NLD Government might just reverse everything...
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Private sector military forces have again become a norm of national security for many governments. But, as history shows, the costs may be higher than desired.