The shadow of Jamal Khashoggi isn't hanging over the desert kingdom's investors like last year. Even so, the Iranian threat, muddled policies and more are scaring away many investors from Riyadh's Vision 2030 economic plan.
The European Commission's new president-elect has laid out an ambitious vision for the bloc's future. A challenging economic and political environment, however, will likely keep most of her proposals from ever seeing daylight.
A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
Whatever concessions he makes, President Sebastian Pinera will have a tough time satisfying Chile's diverse protest movement.
More attacks could see Russian, Chinese, and U.S. security involvement -- and competition -- in the Central Asian country increase.
For the West African country's aging president, pulling off his third-term dream will depend on the size and fervor of opposition efforts -- and whether his Russian allies help counter them.
Stay informed about the significant meetings and events the Stratfor team is tracking.
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.
Ongoing political uncertainty and protests over Bolivia's recent presidential election could limit the country's ability to exploit its abundant natural resources.
With the West withholding arms sales to Turkey over its offensive in northeastern Syria, Ankara is turning to others -- and itself -- to keep its military supplied.
Russia's high hopes of developing energy and infrastructure in the far north are meeting some cold, hard realities.
Pakistan's spiraling economic crisis will continue to escalate calls for the prime minister's resignation. But there's only so far the protests can push, should he remain in the military's good graces.
A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
Whatever concessions he makes, President Sebastian Pinera will have a tough time satisfying Chile's diverse protest movement.
More attacks could see Russian, Chinese, and U.S. security involvement -- and competition -- in the Central Asian country increase.
Stay informed about the significant meetings and events the Stratfor team is tracking.
Given that Belarus lies at the crossroads between the competing powers, the ebb and flow of their standoff will affect the country like few others.
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.
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
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
