HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Carriers Rise on a Floating Tide, but so do Countermeasures
An estimate of an area of key current significance
PERSONNEL
Key Transitions and Defense and Intelligence Appointments - 04/2012
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Logistics Strategy: Logistics on the New Battlefields of Global Politics and Conflict
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…
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
East of Suez: Game Change
With Qadhafi and Mubarak now part of history, the Red Sea and Horn of Africa balance — where they had played key rôles — starts to take on a new shape. Now the debate on the future stability of the Red Sea-Suez SLOC and the Horn of Africa gains new impetus, as Eritrea’s Post-Isayas era dawns.
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
EN CLAIR | Australia Moves into Uncertainty
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance — From Defense & Foreign Affairs Canberra Correspondent
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
EARLY WARNING | The Lights are Looking East, all Over Europe
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
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.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Re-Thinking the Paths to Conflict: A US Observation
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Israel and Iran: Still No War in Sight …
… But the Mosaic of Great Eurasian and Mediterranean Strategic Change Becomes More Clear
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.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
EN CLAIR | DPRK Rocket Launch: Facts
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance