Guidance Oct 14, 2019 | 13:21 GMTOct 14, 2019
Stay informed about the significant meetings and events the Stratfor team is tracking.
Assessments Oct 14, 2019 | 10:00 GMTOct 14, 2019
The countries' air defenses are ill-equipped to stop Israeli strikes on their soil. Improving their capabilities, however, might open a whole new can of worms.
Assessments Oct 14, 2019 | 10:00 GMTOct 14, 2019
Ankara has long sought to establish a buffer zone to protect Turkey from the effects of the Syrian civil war, but as the Turkish government finally gets closer to getting what it wants, its aspirations will crash into geopolitical reality.
Guidance Oct 14, 2019 | 09:30 GMTOct 14, 2019
In what will probably be the last chance to reach an exit agreement before Brexit day on Oct. 31, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with the rest of the leaders of the European Union in a summit in Brussels on Oct. 17.
Guidance Oct 12, 2019 | 19:33 GMTOct 12, 2019
A review of the world's most pressing geopolitical events and insight into what the coming week will bring.
Assessments Oct 11, 2019 | 14:15 GMTOct 11, 2019
The Iraqi government's tried-and-true solutions to unrest -- promising jobs and handing out money -- are losing their power to persuade as the economy's weaknesses endure.
Guidance Oct 11, 2019 | 10:00 GMTOct 11, 2019
With neither striving for a comprehensive solution to bilateral disagreements, Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping will settle for not rocking the boat when they meet this weekend.
Assessments Oct 10, 2019 | 19:20 GMTOct 10, 2019
Ankara wants to accomplish its objectives before Kurdish-led forces can shore up their resistance and to minimize the international backlash that's already building.
Assessments Oct 10, 2019 | 10:00 GMTOct 10, 2019
The Naval Update Map shows the approximate current locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) and Amphibious Ready Groups (ARGs), based on available open-source information.
Assessments Oct 9, 2019 | 22:34 GMTOct 9, 2019
Ankara appears to have decided that the benefits of invading northeastern Syria will be worth risking a heavy U.S. sanctions blow.
Assessments Oct 9, 2019 | 14:15 GMTOct 9, 2019
In its pursuit of Syria's Kurds, Ankara may bypass Washington's objections at the risk of paying a heavy economic price.
Assessments Oct 9, 2019 | 09:00 GMTOct 9, 2019
Western powers, smelling opportunity in the newly democratizing country, are doing what they can to secure Khartoum's interest while waiting for the U.S. to drop sanctions.
Guidance
Guidance Oct 14, 2019 | 13:21 GMTOct 14, 2019
Stay informed about the significant meetings and events the Stratfor team is tracking.
Guidance Oct 14, 2019 | 09:30 GMTOct 14, 2019
In what will probably be the last chance to reach an exit agreement before Brexit day on Oct. 31, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with the rest of the leaders of the European Union in a summit in Brussels on Oct. 17.
Guidance Oct 12, 2019 | 19:33 GMTOct 12, 2019
A review of the world's most pressing geopolitical events and insight into what the coming week will bring.
Guidance Oct 11, 2019 | 10:00 GMTOct 11, 2019
With neither striving for a comprehensive solution to bilateral disagreements, Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping will settle for not rocking the boat when they meet this weekend.
Reflections
Reflections Sep 19, 2019 | 21:35 GMTSep 19, 2019
With its apparent attack on Saudi oil facilities, Iran has decided that maximum provocation is the only palatable antidote to the U.S.'s maximum pressure.
Reflections Sep 14, 2019 | 14:00 GMTSep 14, 2019
In this reflection originally published on Stratfor Threat Lens, senior protective intelligence analyst Mike Parks dives into the concept of toxic entitlement, arguing that men have a duty to police their sexual impulses and those of their fellow men, either through persuasion or established rules of conduct.
By Mike Parks
Reflections Aug 30, 2019 | 09:00 GMTAug 30, 2019
For decades, conservatives defined what it meant to be a Saudi, at least in public. But privately, young Saudis were busy building their own identities -- and now Riyadh is racing to embrace them.
By Ryan Bohl
Reflections Jul 22, 2019 | 09:30 GMTJul 22, 2019
The ongoing peace process has yielded a recent thaw in U.S.-Pakistani relations. But without an active conflict in Afghanistan, there will be little keeping Washington from turning toward more pressing issues in the region -- namely, stemming China's rise.
