Afghanistan
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | The Next Big Thing
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
Space: Launch Capabilities Once Again Becoming a Priority
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Turkey’s Kurdish Truce Ends; War Resumes on Assad
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.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Africa: Disquiet in the Congo
DRC Pres. Joseph Kabila’s quest to become “president for life” has revived suspicions over the cause of death of his “trusted advisor”.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategy: To Win is to Change, and in Many Ways
Almost all decisive strategic victories — winning the peace, not just the battle — derive from the adoption of game-changing capabilities, as well as strategic depth. Competing through linear development of old approaches is expensive and dangerous, especially when budgets are tight.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Afghanistan: a Brief US Victory?
Washington clearly got the outcome it wanted when Pres. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in to office in Afghanistan on September 29, 2014. The question will be how long the “government of national unity” with Chief Executive Officer (head-of-government) Dr Abdullah Abdullah can last.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Australia Moves Toward a Definition of its Strategic Future
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EARLY WARNING | Absent Nationalism, Civilization Founders
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Canada Searches for its Identity in Colder Waters
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE