Guidance Mar 6, 2021 | 15:00 GMTMar 6, 2021
A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
TRENDING THEMES & TOPICS
Latest
Latest
Snapshots Mar 5, 2021 | 21:01 GMTMar 5, 2021
The changes risk permanently sidelining the pro-democracy camp by giving Beijing free rein to limit unrest and erode the city’s autonomy.
Podcasts Mar 5, 2021 | 19:27 GMTMar 5, 2021
Baker’s Dozen is the newest podcast series of monthly conversations about geopolitics from Stratfor, a RANE company. In this episode, host Rodger Baker speaks with Geoff Sloan, an associate professor at the University of Reading and the U.K. coordinator of the Mackinder Forum, about the geopolitics of the United Kingdom.
Podcasts Mar 5, 2021 | 19:01 GMTMar 5, 2021
In today's episode of the RANE Insights on COVID-19 podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Drs. Fred Southwick and Bill Lang about new developments in the fight against COVID-19, dispelling rumors that the vaccine can affect pregnancy.
Snapshots Mar 5, 2021 | 18:43 GMTMar 5, 2021
Sanctions targeting the Kremlin’s economic interests could result in a range of retaliatory actions, including import bans and cyberattacks.
Snapshots Mar 4, 2021 | 22:16 GMTMar 4, 2021
His party's new legislative majority will enable President Bukele to appoint Supreme Court justices and pass sweeping constitutional reforms.
Snapshots Mar 4, 2021 | 21:32 GMTMar 4, 2021
The intensifying dispute over customs controls could prompt Brussels to retaliate with tariffs on British products.
Snapshots Mar 4, 2021 | 21:20 GMTMar 4, 2021
OPEC+'s decision to maintain production levels will bolster the idea that oil markets are entering a supercycle, contributing to concerns about rising inflation.
Snapshots Mar 4, 2021 | 19:02 GMTMar 4, 2021
Recent data suggests China’s impressive 2020 growth numbers hid an incomplete and unbalanced recovery.
Assessments Mar 4, 2021 | 11:00 GMTMar 4, 2021
This map shows the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups and Amphibious Ready Groups.
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments Mar 8, 2021 | 21:27 GMTMar 8, 2021
France's failure to stabilize the region will make it difficult to reduce its counterterrorism operations without triggering more violence.
Guidance Mar 6, 2021 | 15:00 GMTMar 6, 2021
A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
Assessments Mar 4, 2021 | 11:00 GMTMar 4, 2021
This map shows the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups and Amphibious Ready Groups.
Assessments Mar 3, 2021 | 22:57 GMTMar 3, 2021
Tehran will reject any demands to cut ties with regional militias, raising the risk for more violence in conflict zones like Iraq.
Guidance Mar 1, 2021 | 20:52 GMTMar 1, 2021
Stay informed about the significant meetings and events the Stratfor team is tracking.
Guidance Feb 27, 2021 | 15:00 GMTFeb 27, 2021
A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
Assessments Feb 26, 2021 | 21:22 GMTFeb 26, 2021
The White House’s renewed criticism of the kingdom’s leadership and human rights record will undoubtedly clash with Riyadh’s own imperatives.
Assessments Feb 25, 2021 | 22:10 GMTFeb 25, 2021
The EU will limit China’s access to strategic economic sectors and continue to confront Beijing over political, human rights and security issues.
Snapshots
Snapshots
Snapshots Mar 8, 2021 | 21:49 GMTMar 8, 2021
Despite Houthi claims to the contrary, it appears the drone and missile attack was launched from Iraq or Iran, not Yemen.
Snapshots Mar 5, 2021 | 22:49 GMTMar 5, 2021
Given its conservative growth goals, China's emergence from COVID-19 may end up being much weaker than what Beijing is projecting or what the world is expecting.
Snapshots Mar 5, 2021 | 21:18 GMTMar 5, 2021
Absent international cooperation, the United States is hesitating to pressure Myanmar's military government despite deadly crackdowns on anti-coup protesters.
Snapshots Mar 5, 2021 | 21:01 GMTMar 5, 2021
The changes risk permanently sidelining the pro-democracy camp by giving Beijing free rein to limit unrest and erode the city’s autonomy.
Snapshots Mar 5, 2021 | 18:43 GMTMar 5, 2021
Sanctions targeting the Kremlin’s economic interests could result in a range of retaliatory actions, including import bans and cyberattacks.
Snapshots Mar 4, 2021 | 22:16 GMTMar 4, 2021
His party's new legislative majority will enable President Bukele to appoint Supreme Court justices and pass sweeping constitutional reforms.
Snapshots Mar 4, 2021 | 21:32 GMTMar 4, 2021
The intensifying dispute over customs controls could prompt Brussels to retaliate with tariffs on British products.
Snapshots Mar 4, 2021 | 21:20 GMTMar 4, 2021
OPEC+'s decision to maintain production levels will bolster the idea that oil markets are entering a supercycle, contributing to concerns about rising inflation.
Videos
Videos
Videos Dec 19, 2019 | 12:00 GMTDec 19, 2019
Stratfor Middle East and North Africa Analyst Emily Hawthorne updates the political and economic situation in Algeria.
Videos Oct 18, 2019 | 20:44 GMTOct 18, 2019
Videos Oct 11, 2019 | 20:08 GMTOct 11, 2019
Videos Oct 7, 2019 | 15:09 GMTOct 7, 2019
In this short video Middle East and North Africa Analyst Ryan Bohl discusses three events to watch for this week.
Videos Sep 23, 2019 | 15:07 GMTSep 23, 2019
Videos Sep 9, 2019 | 15:16 GMTSep 9, 2019
Videos Sep 9, 2019 | 13:52 GMTSep 9, 2019
Stratfor explains Uzbekistan's struggle to maintain internal unity while balancing against its regional neighbors and external powers.
Videos Sep 3, 2019 | 00:32 GMTSep 3, 2019
In this short video South Asia Analyst Faisel Pervaiz discusses three events to watch for in the week.
Global Perspectives
Global Perspectives
Contributor Perspectives Jan 22, 2021 | 22:47 GMTJan 22, 2021
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.
Partner Perspectives Feb 6, 2020 | 11:00 GMTFeb 6, 2020
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.
Contributor Perspectives Jan 31, 2020 | 10:45 GMTJan 31, 2020
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
Partner Perspectives Jan 27, 2020 | 11:00 GMTJan 27, 2020
Infrastructure projects have helped Beijing build influence across the globe.
Contributor Perspectives Jan 24, 2020 | 10:00 GMTJan 24, 2020
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
Contributor Perspectives Jan 22, 2020 | 11:00 GMTJan 22, 2020
Rather than trumpet Russia's praises overseas, Moscow's propaganda machine is focused more on undermining the Kremlin's enemies.
Contributor Perspectives Jan 20, 2020 | 09:45 GMTJan 20, 2020
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.
Contributor Perspectives Jan 13, 2020 | 11:00 GMTJan 13, 2020
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
Contributor Perspectives Jan 10, 2020 | 10:30 GMTJan 10, 2020
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
Contributor Perspectives Dec 30, 2019 | 10:30 GMTDec 30, 2019
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
Partner Perspectives Dec 27, 2019 | 11:00 GMTDec 27, 2019
Technology has driven a number of recent major energy finds, but discovery does not always mean that production will follow.
Contributor Perspectives Dec 25, 2019 | 10:00 GMTDec 25, 2019
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
