SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Souda Bay: Again Vital in the Eastern Med.
As Turkey slips in terms of NATO reliability, planners look at changing threat and access patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Libya, Now Effectively Divided, Seeks a Way Forward
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Why the Islamic Caliphate May Presage Change
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | How Societies Cope: Through New Allegiances
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
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Consequences of Initiating War Against Iran’s Vital Ally
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Egypt Stares Open-Eyed into its Future, and It May Not Be All Bad
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 07/2013
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Egypt Attempts to Control its Destiny
The Egyptian decision to remove Pres. Morsi was demonstrably no less “democratic” than the decision to remove Pres. Mubarak, but the latest events showed that the US could no longer determine outcomes in the region ...
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Complex Soup: The “Eastern-Mediterranean, Central-Asian, East Asian, Euro-Atlantic and Others” Unified Dilemma
A butterfly flaps its wings at a nuclear test site in Punggye-ri in North Korea, and a political equation becomes a tidal wave in Tehran. It’s more complicated than that, but, yes, everything is related.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Mali: Center Stage
The international community finally began addressing the issue of Islamist fighters in Mali. This provided an opportunity for Nigeria, in particular, to rebuild its own security and political stability. But there was still no guarantee that the opportunity would be grasped.