A U.S. executive order and a new Commerce Department designation are both aimed at damaging China and its most globally competitive tech company, Huawei, reminding everyone that the antagonistic U.S.-China relationship goes far beyond a trade war.
By Matthew Bey
In trying to understand the reasons for the success or failure of a military uprising like the one attempted last week in Venezuela, look to individual psychology, and not ideology.
By Sim Tack
As demographics and technology change, agriculture's political clout will wane in the U.S. and elsewhere. But the sector still has a central role to play in trade negotiations.
The global internet system will become a lot less global as geopolitical realities drive countries and corporations to build digital walls.
By Matthew Bey
As more countries take steps to develop the ability to wage war in space, the resulting orbital debris threatens every aspect of modern life.
By Omar Lamrani
Rapidly improving sensor technology will eventually allow for near-permanent observation of activity on the battlefield -- and across the globe at large. Militaries around the world are already preparing.
By Sim Tack
Several geopolitical currents tracing back several decades are boiling over --- just in time for the 2020 presidential election.
By Reva Goujon
The threat to houses of worship has long since moved beyond a few countries or even a few religions: It is a worldwide threat to churches, mosques, synagogues and more.
Contrary to the media narrative, the bombings tell us less about the operational capabilities of the group's core than about its power to inspire jihad.
Stratfor's vice president of tactical analysis dissects a series of recent attacks in Northern Ireland to determine just how capable the New Irish Republican Army really is.
Avoiding all risk will keep a company safe -- but not particularly profitable. Instead, firms must work to mitigate the threats that are part of the cost of doing business.
The resurgence of apocalyptic fears over electromagnetic pulses risks distracting us from more imminent threats to the electrical grid, such as cyberattacks.
Despite all the attention on cyberattacks, other forms of corporate espionage -- such as bugging a conference room -- are just as rampant, if not more so.
Like jihadism, the various ideologies driving white supremacism and white nationalism are not going away any time soon, so comparing the two can provide valuable lessons.
Renewed hostilities between Ankara and the Kurds have laid waste to much of eastern Anatolia. Though the intensity of the physical war has diminished, the fight over symbols has not.
The war between North and South never officially ended, but the battle to achieve economic prosperity weighs much heavier on the minds of many South Koreans.
There are abundant reminders in Ramallah, Tel Aviv and elsewhere of the different realities that constrain and pressure each side of the conflict.
The course of events after the Cold War ended may explain why few in Asia share the predominant European belief in the inevitability of a tightly knit global system.
By Rodger Baker
The view of Afghanistan from ground level is very different from 35,000 feet up, or from a world away in Washington, D.C.
By Diego Solis
Traveling through Andalusia reveals the complexity of the region's culture and history -- and the pride its people have in them.
Colombia is not an easy country to govern. Its mountains and jungles have historically harbored towns and villages that have wildly different political worldviews and that have been in constant conflict since the country's independence in 1810. Political identity -- left or right -- has long been a defining feature of Colombia's isolated towns, particularly those in Antioquia department. It is in this context that in 1977 embattled rancher Ramon Isaza gathered forces in the sleepy river town of Puerto Boyaca to fight the FARC forces terrorizing his community.
By Diego Solis
As of today, the old Stratfor mobile application will no longer be available. However, the improved Stratfor App for Android and iOS provides users with an enhanced Stratfor experience.
The improved Stratfor App for Android and iOS lets users experience Stratfor's world-class analysis, right on their mobile device. Subscribers will be able to access and store their content in a new and easy-to-use way.
How geopolitical events so far in 2019 align with -- and diverge from -- Stratfor's annual forecast.
As the end of the year approaches, it is important to reflect on the past, take stock of the present and look ahead to the future.
By Rodger Baker
In this scorecard, we take a critical look at our successes and slip-ups in forecasting the events of the past year.
To write intelligently about the future, it's important to look back at our past performance.
Geographic information systems (GIS) technology has many critical real-world applications. At Stratfor, our in-house creative team uses GIS to create original, illuminating graphics to highlight emerging trends in geopolitics that are defined by geography.
