CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
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
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2014
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.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | How Societies Cope: Through New Allegiances
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | Australia’s Economic Shake-Up Will Impact Defense
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Books Which Can Change Us, and History
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Approaches to the Post-Western Era: A Blank Canvas Awaits Its Artist
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Australia Faces Hard Economic Security Decisions
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 ...
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Boko Haram: A New Textbook Case in Handling Civil Unrest?
Is the northern Nigerian Boko Haram movement being defeated by the Nigerian Armed Forces, or are the Armed Forces being destroyed by Boko Haram? The answer may be neither, either, both, or something else again. But the issue is of profound importance to Nigeria, Africa, and the world.