Assessments Jan 14, 2020 | 10:00 GMTJan 14, 2020
The U.S. isn't bent on torpedoing Iraq's economy if Baghdad forces out American soldiers, but its measures could beach it in the longer term.
Biography
Matthew Bey serves as a Senior Global Analyst at Stratfor. Mr. Bey focuses on a wide array of political and economic issues in the global system, including international trade, global finance and commodity developments. In particular, Mr. Bey has worked extensively on issues related to oil and gas politics in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, including how political risk affects global oil markets and companies operating in the region. He has also helped shape Stratfor's views on foreign trade relations between the United States and its primary economic relationships. In addition, Mr. Bey's focus areas include global competition between the United States and China across a number of fault lines, including technology, economics and trade.
In his work at Stratfor, Mr. Bey has been featured and cited by numerous newspapers and broadcasts from around the world. He also works directly to support Stratfor's strategic client relationships, delivering briefings and reports, covering a number of different sectors including oil and gas, finance and defense. Mr. Bey joined Stratfor in 2012 and holds a degree in mathematics from Texas Lutheran University and a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin.
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On Geopolitics Jul 11, 2019 | 09:00 GMTJul 11, 2019
Tehran is back to enriching uranium, but that doesn't mean it's looking to build a bomb -- at least not yet.
On Geopolitics May 17, 2019 | 09:30 GMTMay 17, 2019
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.
On Geopolitics Apr 25, 2019 | 09:00 GMTApr 25, 2019
The global internet system will become a lot less global as geopolitical realities drive countries and corporations to build digital walls.
On Geopolitics Mar 14, 2019 | 09:30 GMTMar 14, 2019
Despite the recent renaissance in the relationship between Washington and Riyadh, long-term geopolitical shifts already underway will pull the longtime allies in different, often incompatible, directions.
On Geopolitics Jan 31, 2019 | 10:00 GMTJan 31, 2019
President Trump is fixated by tariffs, but such measures are hardly the main barrier to contemporary global trade. And unless the U.S. updates its thinking, the rest of the world is going to leave it behind.
On Geopolitics Dec 6, 2018 | 11:00 GMTDec 6, 2018
The Trump administration has broadened the scope of economic sanctions like no other U.S. administration in history, and the rest of the world can do little about it -- for now.
On Geopolitics Nov 15, 2018 | 22:22 GMTNov 15, 2018
To exert leverage in upcoming trade negotiations, the White House must be able to back up its promises to impose penalties on what is says is unfair trade. The power to limit auto exports to the U.S. would fit that bill.
On Geopolitics Nov 1, 2018 | 09:00 GMTNov 1, 2018
Checks and balances might keep the United States from withdrawing from the World Trade Organization, but that won't prevent the country from trying to undermine the international body whenever possible.
Reflections Oct 5, 2018 | 19:25 GMTOct 5, 2018
A report that China has inserted specialized chips on U.S.-bound hardware may not be fully accurate, but that's unlikely to stop Washington from capitalizing on the story in its trade war with Beijing.
On Geopolitics Jul 24, 2018 | 09:00 GMTJul 24, 2018
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is hoping to avert the latest wave of proposed U.S. tariffs, which take aim at the EU and global auto sectors. But with each progressive battle, the Trump administration's trade war is less about trade partners and more about trade itself.
On Geopolitics Jun 28, 2018 | 19:11 GMTJun 28, 2018
The Chinese telecommunications giant has become one of the world's leading technology companies, but it faces suspicion, and restrictions, in the United States.
