STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Old concepts of “the Middle East” using various geographic models, or using Arab or Arabic or Muslim overlays, are now not representative of the “new Middle East” which is, for the first time in centuries, less definable than ever, by its name and by other simple descriptors.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Türkiye’s ballistic missile program is expanding significantly as it not only expands cooperation with Pakistan, but also creates a test range in Somalia. Ankara now dominates the Horn of Africa in many military-diplomatic and trade matters.
AFRICA
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
AUKUS alliance
A new geopolitical bloc is forming in Oceania, and it may be strategically significant.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
A staff estimate on a topic of current importance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Pres. Bio is increasingly turning his attempts to retain power into an ethnic civil war.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Australia’s “apartheid” referendum and New Zealand’s election have consequences.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
So far, the Fano groups have not had foreign support, except for the moral support of Eritrea. But the next phase will see — as it did with the Arbegnoch in the 1939-41 phase — the establishment of unified communications and command.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR