CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Using Icons to Change Outcomes
Preventing conflict and dissension in Ethiopia may be more about prestige than power
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Profit from Genocide
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Strategic Policy: Sanctions Busting
Do sanctions work, or do they exacerbate conflict, in a multi-polar strategic environment? And who suffers most? Could it be the sanctioning states? French Pres. Hollande succumbed — at least temporarily — to US pressure on delivery of Mistral ships to Russia, which pays the price.
Argentina
EARLY WARNING | The Crisis of Democracy Has Reached Act Two
Gregory R. Copley, on the Fortieth Anniversary of “Defense & Foreign Affairs”
SOVEREIGNTY
EN CLAIR | South Africa’s ANC Faces Centenary, and Questions
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Libya, Africa, and the Mediterranean After Qadhafi
What are the prospects? A consolidation of Mediterranean-EU links? The possible transformation of the AU? A surge in terrorist activities? The prospect — or near certainty — of protracted competition between factions in the New Libya if the 1951 Constitution is forgotten?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Global Strategic Trends: Options in the Indian Ocean Century
How do nations move, “post-Afghanistan”, post-superpowers, and in the Indian Ocean Century?
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE