DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
CRIME & CORRUPTION
The State of the USA: River of Doubt; Swamp of Despair
It may be that the Washington, DC campaign to isolate, capture, and subdue US Pres. Donald Trump has finally succeeded. If so, what does that mean for the global strategic environment? But does Donald Trump have options to regain control of the situation?
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Eternal Patterns
AFRICA
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s Referendum is Transformative for Eurasia, Middle East
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
NATO and Russia Consider the New Realities of Security
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
US Strategic Policy Options in a Post-Obama World
The incoming US Trump Administration has in many ways inherited a poisoned chalice, but, equally, there are many areas where decisive leadership is possible.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Grand Strategy: The History Of What’s Next
PERSONNEL
Strategic Biographies: Petro O. Poroshenko - President of Ukraine
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions - 09/2016
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.
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.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Syria, Russia Dossier: Russia’s War Against DI’ISH
How Russia has planned and executed its expanded war against DI’ISH and the jihadist movements in Syria, and how Turkey and the US have been responding.