SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Australia at a Strategic Turning Point
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Turkey: At the Point of No Return
Turkey’s leader has unveiled himself to claim sole authority. Where does he go from here?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The Real War: Winning the US Mid-Term Elections
The US White House seemed ready to risk war over Ukraine, and staged an expensive “sound and light” African Summit, all in order to impact the mid-term US Congressional elections, coming up in November 2014.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
STRATEGIC TRAJECTORIES | Boko Haram, on Cue, Declares an “Islamic Caliphate”
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Why the Islamic Caliphate May Presage Change
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 06/2014
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pacific Overtures: the Crescendo Builds
A new strategic framework is now becoming established in the Pacific, but it is far from settled.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Ukraine: A New Blackness on the Black Sea
The US Obama Administration’s handling of the MH-17 disaster in Ukraine risks dragging the US’ allies into an irreversible strategic posture.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Lingering South Sudan Affair
… and why Western intervention is making matters worse.
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.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE