SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
DOCUMENT | Testimony by Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of African Affairs
Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs. Washington, DC, December 5, 2012.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Mali: Pivotal Point
Paralyzing factors — including Algeria’s secret nuclear program — conspire against addressing Mali’s growing safe-haven for the jihadist fighters who threaten the stability of West Africa’s energy production, now a pivotal component of US and European requirements.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Syrian Acquisition of Iraqi Chemical Weapons Noted in 2002; Qatar Now Reported Entering WMD Market
All is not as it seemed with the international media reporting in early December 2012 of the Syrian Government’s alleged preparation of sarin-based chemical weapons for (presumed) use against domestic insurgents.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
The Transition Beyond Strategic Nuclear War
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
EARLY WARNING | UnCivilization: Urban Geopolitics in a Time of Chaos
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs” — Remarks on the book by its author
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Are We There Yet?
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
SOVEREIGNTY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | A Noble Era Ends, Leaving Southern Africa Hanging
An estimate of an area of key current significance
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Maghreb: Can Libya Repel the Invaders and Survive?
Libyans went, on July 7, 2012, into their first national elections in decades, and foreign observers hailed the fact that democracy had returned to the Maghreb state.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Predictable Libya Conundrum
Libya is set for a continuation and expansion of its civil war if the 1951 Constitution is bypassed and artificial elections are held. Indeed, Western intervention overlooked the fact that the February 2011 revolt against Qadhafi was done in the name of the 1951 UN-drafted Constitution — and under…
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
A Jihadist, Anti-Western Agenda is Being Forced on Syria
The international community has been blindly following a jihadist-driven agenda for Syria; a solution the majority of Syrians reject, but which Turkey and Qatar have been driving.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
South America: When States Pursue a Narcotic Agenda
President Evo Morales of Bolivia has emerged as a major narcotics trafficker for a variety of strategic reasons, mostly related to his retention of power.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS