STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | A Window of Opportunity Opens for the US in the Balkans
Events have conspired in the Eastern Mediterranean to open a new chapter of strategic opportunity for the United States, just as US-Turkish relations have moved into a profound downward direction.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Strategic Biography: Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 08/2019
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Turkey After the F-35 Cancellation: the Potential Impact on Cyprus
Turkey's actions toward Cyprus are now likely to strongly reflect the breakdown in Turkey's relations with the United States and the European Union.
SOVEREIGNTY
The UK and the West: Britannia Waives the Rules
Whither the United Kingdom? What are the options — and more importantly, what are the strategic priorities — for the Government of Boris Johnson? Can the UK recover from its several decades of strategic decline as a result of its European Union membership.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The “Tanker War”, The Great Powers, and the Future
Russia, the People’s Republic of China, and the US were maneuvering in, around, and through Iran during the Spring and Summer of 2019. Here, Senior Editor Yossef Bodansky discusses much of the detail leading up to the denouement of a multi-tiered great game.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Iran: The Art of the Bazaar Deal
US Pres. Donald Trump tried his “Art of the Deal” approach to get Iranian leaders to the negotiating table. But Iran’s clerical leader has adopted a different approach, designed to ensure the continuation of the leadership, even if it means suffering through a war.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Khamene‘i Decides: Iran Will Confront the US and its Allies
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2019
CRIME & CORRUPTION
EN CLAIR | Increased Capability But Decreased Security in the Gulf of Guinea
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Persian Phoenix?
Iran has rejected pressures from Moscow and Beijing not to surge to dominate the Middle East. Where does this leave all the other players?