As evidenced by the contradictory numbers in the latest U.S. jobs report, Washington will be forced to chart its economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis with fiscal policies based on either outdated or unreliable data.
The late Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said propelled his country into modernity; it's up to his successor to guide it to a future of geopolitical stability.
By Ryan Bohl
A desire to remain within the family of nations gave Tehran few choices but to admit its responsibility for downing a Ukrainian passenger jet.
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
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.
The demand for a Palestinian state, once the cause celebre of Arab nationalism, has lost its cachet, opening the door for an Israel-centered solution.
By Ryan Bohl
In attacking oil tankers once more, there might be a method to Tehan's madness in its standoff with Washington. Whether its brazenry will make total war unavoidable is another story.
By Reva Goujon
In the face of punishing economic and political realities, Gulf Arab states are striving to transform their residents from subjects into citizens, but doing so is easier said than done.
The world's top three economies are showing signs of declining growth. While the risk of a crisis is low, the consequences of even a slight slowdown would reverberate globally.
