SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The Strategic Impact of Syria’s Unrest
An estimate of an area of key current significance
African Union
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 03/2011
RESOURCES
ESSENTIAL READING | A New Man-Machine Marriage?
Important New Strategic Literature
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Some Ramifications of the Egyptian Changes
The transition of power in Egypt was still playing out by mid-February 2011, but it was already clear that there were ramifications which would shape the global economy and power balance
RESOURCES
Energy: the Driver of the Grand Strategy of the PRC
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: Washington Gambles on NATO’s Last Big Push
NATO — or in this case, essentially the US — invited Moscow to join the ballistic missile defense (BMD) party, forgetting that the last time it did this it led to the demise of the USSR ...
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Earthquake in the Middle East
An estimate of an area of key current significance
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
The Eastern Mediterranean as the Eye of the Hurricane
The crisis now focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean had Jimmy Carter’s overthrow of the Shah of Iran as its basis, and now centers around the competition — and cooperation — of Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the People’s Republic of China.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
South Asia: Après le Deluge
Watershed Strategic Ramifications Can be Expected from Pakistan Flood Disaster
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Turkey Considers its Moves Toward Nuclear Weapons
Profound tensions exist between the Turkish Armed Forces and the civilian Government; it is an age-old rivalry which may once again, and soon, come to a head even though the September 12, 2010, referendum gave the civilians the edge. But there are some strategic questions on which both agree.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Northern Tier Anew
Important New Strategic Literature
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Iran, Israel, the US: The Return of Chicken Little
The Prospect of an Israeli Military Strike Against Iran: Far Lower than Western Analysts Would Like to Think