International Relations

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Beyond the post-Cold War world

George Friedman | 03 April 2013 |

tags: balance of power, international relations

While the US has made many mistakes, a fragmented Europe and a weaker China mean that the US will be more powerful -- since power is relative.

Financial markets, politics and the new reality

George Friedman | 09 August 2012 |

tags: economics, European Union, Germany, international relations

After the global financial crisis, it is clear that our economic system is not a machine but a political compact.

Will France take a new strategic direction under Hollande?

George Friedman | 16 May 2012 |

tags: France, international relations

Will the new French president end up playing the Gaullist hand?

2012, the next upheaval

Martin Shaw | 05 January 2012 |

tags: international relations

Governments and popular movements will be grappling with the explosive cocktail of global governance, austerity and democracy.

From the trumpeter, an uncertain sound

Godfrey Hodgson | 25 November 2011 |

tags: American politics, international relations

A faded president, discredited rivals, and a dysfunctional political system spell trouble for the United States - at home and in the world.

Time for a new destiny?

Godfrey Hodgson | 16 November 2010 |

tags: international relations, US

The United States is caught in the gap between a potent domestic sense of historical mission and a shifting global political reality.

The Rwandan genocide: a revisionist history

Martin Shaw | 21 September 2010 |

tags: genocide, international relations, Rwanda

Truth and justice are not served by anti-western narratives treating Tutsis as 'unworthy victims'.

When China Rules the World

Constance Kong | 05 July 2010 |

tags: China, international relations

Perhaps, but not before its poverty and corruption disappear and who knows how many decades that will take?

The clash over core American values

Godfrey Hodgson | 27 May 2010 |

tags: American politics, international relations, morality

The great contest of the United States in 2010 is about the moral nature of American society.

Busting the myth of sanctions

George Friedman | 24 November 2009 |

tags: international relations, sanctions, Stratfor

Imposing sanctions is a strategy that rarely works in international relations, except as a public relations stunt.