Eeben Barlow's Military and Security Blog

The numerous terror attacks, violent (and non-violent) protests and riots, along with armed uprisings Africa has— and is witnessing—are ...

Threat prediction is a vital pre-requisite of strategy development. It can, however, be a difficult and problematic task if the intelligenc...

The unseating of the government in Mali was nothing other than an intelligence failure of epic proportions, not only by the Malian intellige...

One of the key principles of strategy is to “select and maintain the aim or objective”. This principle is furthermore found in the principle...

In my previous posting I had a brief look at the Intelligence Cycle, a process many speak of but often neglect. This process can be likened ...