What hope can be derived from a recently approved malaria vaccine and who could benefit?
What hope can be derived from a recently approved malaria vaccine and who could benefit?

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.

Stay informed about the significant meetings and events the Stratfor team is tracking.

Brussels cannot expel Poland in retaliation for challenging the primacy of EU law, though it could freeze funding and politically isolate Warsaw.
Our first episode in a new series on cryptocurrency looks at the geopolitical risks posed by cryptocurrencies.

The president's appointment of more moderate officials will widen his support in Congress, though it’ll likely anger the indigenous groups living near Peru’s lucrative mining and oil reserves.

This map shows the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups and Amphibious Ready Groups.
A look at how President Volodymyr Zelensky's anti-oligarch bill got passed, and how it could affect his political career.

The political crisis will make it hard for Bucharest to improve the country’s very low vaccination rate and absorb much-needed EU funding.

The Arab Gulf country's long coastline makes it particularly vulnerable to the effects of warming sea temperatures, including more frequent tropical storms.

Pressing internal issues facing both institutions’ leaders and main shareholders will limit room for substantive reforms, further slowing the global economy’s recovery.

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.

Stay informed about the significant meetings and events the Stratfor team is tracking.

This map shows the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups and Amphibious Ready Groups.

The political crisis will make it hard for Bucharest to improve the country’s very low vaccination rate and absorb much-needed EU funding.

The Arab Gulf country's long coastline makes it particularly vulnerable to the effects of warming sea temperatures, including more frequent tropical storms.

London’s threat to suspend the agreement could jeopardize its free trade deal with Brussels while undermining other aspects of the bilateral relationship.

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.

Among the seven states holding assembly votes, Uttar Pradesh’s ballot will be especially key in gauging the opposition’s ability to challenge the ruling BJP on a national scale.

Retaliating against YPG militants in northern Syria would put Ankara back on a confrontational path with Russia and Damascus.

The continued dominance of the same Shiite groups risks deepening the frustration that deterred many Iraqis from casting a ballot in the Oct. 10 election.

Brussels cannot expel Poland in retaliation for challenging the primacy of EU law, though it could freeze funding and politically isolate Warsaw.

The president's appointment of more moderate officials will widen his support in Congress, though it’ll likely anger the indigenous groups living near Peru’s lucrative mining and oil reserves.

The high voter turnout in the historic Shura Council election indicates Qataris’ growing appetite for political involvement as the country’s economy shifts.

The White House will likely restructure tariffs to focus on goods that are supported by Beijing’s industrial subsidy policies.

Increased vaccination and containment efforts risk diverting resources away from long-standing development projects that are crucial to Africans' livelihoods.

Stratfor Middle East and North Africa Analyst Emily Hawthorne updates the political and economic situation in Algeria.



In this short video Middle East and North Africa Analyst Ryan Bohl discusses three events to watch for this week.



Stratfor explains Uzbekistan's struggle to maintain internal unity while balancing against its regional neighbors and external powers.

In this short video South Asia Analyst Faisel Pervaiz discusses three events to watch for in the week.

Former CIA intelligence analyst Susan Hasler discusses the “ziggurat” model of radicalization that she and her colleague Cindy Storer built and used while working on counterterrorism efforts.

The United States does not have attractive options as far as its military presence in Iraq, but it has workable ones to achieve its strategic and security goals.

By testing ICBMs and powerful nuclear weapons, the North Korean leader has placed himself in a strategic trap that threatens to leave his country at China's mercy.
By Artyom Lukin

Infrastructure projects have helped Beijing build influence across the globe.

The East Asian nation is at the geographical nexus of the rivalry among China, Russia and the United States. It faces a difficult task navigating its precarious position.
By Jeff Goodson

Rather than trumpet Russia's praises overseas, Moscow's propaganda machine is focused more on undermining the Kremlin's enemies.

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis fought Saddam Hussein, engineered attacks on Western embassies and took on the Islamic State. His death in the same strike that killed Iran's Qassem Soleimani increased local hostility to the U.S. presence in Iraq.

The country's new president is likely to use the questions surrounding the implementation of the 'safe third country' agreement to wrest additional support from the U.S.
By Lino Miani

By sending Turkish troops to defend Libya's U.N.-backed government, President Erdogan hopes to force a cease-fire that will protect his country's oil and gas interests in the Mediterranean and burnish his regional reputation.
By Sinan Ciddi

While there are few obvious historical analogies for the political crisis Britain's scheduled exit from the European Union has precipitated, there is one suggestive parallel -- and it prompts some sobering thoughts.
By Ian Morris

Technology has driven a number of recent major energy finds, but discovery does not always mean that production will follow.

Whether and how people celebrate Christmas is clearly a complicated affair, bearing only a subtle relationship to Christianity itself. The contemporary, increasingly international version of Christmas is less a religious festival than a celebration of affluence, modernity, and above all Westernness. Without anyone willing it, Christmas has become part of a package of Western soft power.
By Ian Morris