More nations are revealing their plans for future energy use ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, which will be held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 in Glasgow, Scotland.
More nations are revealing their plans for future energy use ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, which will be held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 in Glasgow, Scotland.
While India offers many positives for global businesses, good intelligence on where to locate is critical.

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
Today's discussion is about the best uses for boosters, the risks of indoor sports like basketball and big gatherings, and waiting for news about vaccines for younger children.

Stay informed about the significant meetings and events Stratfor analysts at RANE are tracking.

Getting Damascus to take the steps needed to restore its links to the outside world may cost Moscow its reputation as a reliable ally.
Have recent squabbles over the primacy of EU law been so bad that Poland would consider exiting the European Union?

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

The new controls will limit the proliferation of such tools being developed in the West, but at the cost of undermining cybersecurity research.

Moscow’s response to the Western alliance’s expulsion of Russian diplomats is aimed at undermining transatlantic unity and deterring additional U.S. sanctions.

Forcing parents to feed their kids state propaganda could cross the line for the majority of Chinese citizens who are apathetic about Beijing’s political campaigns.

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

Targeting individual hacker groups like REvil will ultimately risk playing into Russia’s hands by distracting the U.S. and its allies from other Russian cyber activities.

Stay informed about the significant meetings and events Stratfor analysts at RANE are tracking.

Getting Damascus to take the steps needed to restore its links to the outside world may cost Moscow its reputation as a reliable ally.

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

The new controls will limit the proliferation of such tools being developed in the West, but at the cost of undermining cybersecurity research.

Amid rising inflation and a weakening lira, Erdogan’s push to reduce the CBRT’s main policy rate risks making both problems worse.

The takeover will likely trigger months of violent unrest, threatening the country’s transition to civilian rule and, in turn, its access to international financial aid.

The Chinese e-commerce giant’s entrance into chip design for cloud computing is a step forward for Beijing's semiconductor ambitions, but may result in U.S. restrictions.

Moscow’s response to the Western alliance’s expulsion of Russian diplomats is aimed at undermining transatlantic unity and deterring additional U.S. sanctions.

Looser fiscal rules could promote growth but raise debt levels, while tighter rules could spur unrest and political upheavals in Southern Europe.

A submarine capability would make it more difficult for the U.S. or South Korea to destroy all of Pyongyang’s potentially nuclear-armed weapons in a first strike.

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.

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