by nsiteamadmin | Mar 7, 2018 | 2018, All Publications, Canna, S., Geopolitics, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, USA, ViTTa
Question (R6.10): What can the U.S. and Coalition partners realistically do to enable Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to combat a long-term ISIS insurgency? Recognizing the enormous resources the U.S. poured into the ISF from 2003 until 2011, only to see much of the force...
by nsiteamadmin | Oct 24, 2017 | 2017, AFRICA, All Publications, ASIA, Canna, S., China, Geopolitics, Iran, MIDDLE EAST, Pakistan, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, ViTTa
Question (R5.6): What are the strategic implications of the People’s Republic of China (PRC’s) new base in Djibouti? What will be the effect on the Iran-PRC relationship? Author | Editor: S. Canna (NSI, Inc,). Executive Summary Background There are a number of...
by nsiteamadmin | Oct 24, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Canna, S., Geopolitics, Iran, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, ViTTa
Question (R5.3): How much influence can Iran wield in the next Iraqi election? Author | Editor: S. Canna (NSI, Inc,). Executive Summary Overview of Electoral System Iraq is a parliamentary democracy and, as the April 2018 elections approach, political jockeying for...
by nsiteamadmin | Oct 13, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Canna, S., DeGennaro, P., Geopolitics, MIDDLE EAST, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, ViTTa
Question R5.4: How should United States foreign policy evolve in the region post-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria? What are the dynamics in the region and what will be the implications of this for the USG? Author | Editor: P. DeGennaro (TRADOC G-27) & S. Canna...
by nsiteamadmin | Oct 13, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Canna, S., Geopolitics, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, Syria, ViTTa
Question (R5.2): What are the risks associated with the security situation in Syria/Iraq outpacing diplomatic progress and policy in the region? What should be done about it? Author | Editor: S. Canna (NSI, Inc,). Executive Summary Our experts noted that we cannot say...
by nsiteamadmin | Oct 13, 2017 | 2017, AFRICA, All Publications, ARCTIC, ASIA, Aviles, W., Canna, S., EUROPE, Intent, MIDDLE EAST, Neuroscience, NORTH AMERICA, Qualitative Analysis, SMA Publication, Strategic Communication, Terrorism
Influence in an Age of Rising Connectedness. Author | Editor: W. Aviles & S. Canna (NSI, Inc.). Executive Summary A strong argument can be made that we are moving toward a pluralized, multipolar world, in which military and economic sources of power are widely...
