SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Ukraine: A New Blackness on the Black Sea
The US Obama Administration’s handling of the MH-17 disaster in Ukraine risks dragging the US’ allies into an irreversible strategic posture.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa Transforms, But Confused US Policies Push it Toward China
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.
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Books Which Can Change Us, and History
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Middle East: The Khorasan Pledge
How the Great Intra-Muslim War Now Underway Could Re-Shape Much of the Middle East
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Saudi Arabia Seeks New Course After Rift With Washington
Indicators of emerging patterns of global significance
SOVEREIGNTY
The Ukraine Crisis: The Changing Black Sea Balance, and its Broader Impact
The inevitable return of Crimea to Russia, and the strategic consequences in the Black Sea region, the Caucasus and Northern Tier, for NATO, the Mediterranean, and, well, everywhere ...
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Important, But Uncertain: The Next US President
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s Prospects Dim, but its NATO Rôle Seems to Grow
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Game Over? Is the US-Iranian Rapprochement Stillborn?
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamene’i confirms that Iranian suspicion of Washington remains high, and that Iran will not compromise on nuclear, or other, issues
RESOURCES
Hydrological Strategy: The Changing Rôle of Water in the Strategic Matrix
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The “Arab Spring” Three Years On
The Geopolitical Map Continues to Transform