GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Juggernaut: US Politics at Work
A US presidential election of unprecedented opacity may lead to a Clinton presidency of continued strategic decline. Assuming she wins.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Outlook: Emerging Strategic Factors
The High Wellborn Count Axel Oxenstierna of Södermöre, Lord High Rikskansler of Sweden, played an important rôle in the Thirty Years’ War before he died in 1654.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkey’s Putsch: The Broader Context Shows it as a Catalyst
Ankara has placed itself deliberately on an all-or-nothing path which envisages only Turkish strategic dominance, lightly disguised by attempts to diplomatically hold the international community at bay as it prepares its ground.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | After Almost Two Centuries, Containment of Russia is Over
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Byzantium. Turkex. Chaos.
PERSONNEL
Strategic Biographies: Key Individuals Currently in the Spotlight
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkey’s Trident: Erdoğan’s Moves to Dominate the Black Sea
Any pretense that Turkey is not at war with Russia, or that it does not have strategic ambitions from Western Europe to China, are being dispelled as the Turkish President creates Sunni jihadi groups and military alliances which directly challenge NATO and China.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | The Kurdish Summer Offensive Against Turkish Cities Has Begun
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Strategic Trajectories of Change in Iran and Saudi
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Through, With, By
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Terrorism: The Jihad Escalates In Europe
But it’s not necessarily driven just by DI’ISH, the Islamic State. It has its core within Europe.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Alliance-Building in the RedMed
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have been at the forefront of attempts to build new realities on the ground in the Red Sea-Eastern Mediterranean areas. But there are many sub-sets and contradictions at play, including significant underlying rivalries.