international affairs

Australia’s lifeline: its precarious sea lanes

George Friedman | 23 May 2012 |

tags: Australia, foreign policy, Stratfor

Large, isolated and rich, Australia needs to cultivate a friendship with the US to survive in an dangerous world.

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?

Putin faces a changing Europe

George Friedman | 10 May 2012 |

tags: Putin, Russia, Stratfor

Personal relationships with heads of state give way to new geopolitical dynamics.

Chile study challenges the “safe abortion” myth

Carolyn Moynihan | 08 May 2012 |

tags: abortion, Chile, maternal mortality

Contrary to claims, a ban on abortion is consistent with one of the world’s lowest maternal mortality rates.

The shining city on a hill slams its doors

Constance Kong | 07 May 2012 |

tags: Chen Guangcheng, China, human rights

The Obama Administration's treatment of two Chinese dissidents has been shameful.

Britain: keeping its options open

George Friedman | 04 May 2012 |

tags: Britain, geopolitics, Stratfor

Britain has positioned itself superbly for a strategy of waiting, watching and retaining options regardless of what happens.

The culture behind the Cartagena scandal

Carolyn Moynihan | 27 April 2012 |

tags: prostitution, trafficking, US foreign relations

Does the US Secret Service have an attitude problem? If so, where did it come from?

Russia’s plan to recover its lost dominance

George Friedman | 26 April 2012 |

tags: foreign policy, Russia, Stratfor

Russia may be economically dysfunctional, but that will not keep it from flexing its muscles.

The emergence of Turkey

George Friedman | 19 April 2012 |

tags: Stratfor, Turkey

The transition of this minor country into a great power means keeping its balance while the world around it is in chaos.

Iran’s patient strategy for regional dominance

George Friedman | 11 April 2012 |

tags: foreign policy, Iran, Stratfor

Even since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Iran has been following a consistent foreign policy.

Israel’s new strategic environment

George Friedman | 04 April 2012 |

tags: foreign policy, Israel, Stratfor

Israel is becoming more dependent on outside powers, thus decreasing its freedom of manoeuvre.

The US in Korea: a strategy of inertia

George Friedman | 29 March 2012 |

tags: foreign policy, Korea

By cultivating an image as a weak but wicked and wily lunatic, North Korea has managed to manipulate its baffled enemies for 60 years.

Afghanistan: the longest war in American history

George Friedman | 21 March 2012 |

tags: Afghanistan, foreign policy

Can the US afford to wage war until the threat of Islamic terrorism is eliminated?

A cry for purpose

Nicole van Heerden | 16 March 2012 |

tags: Africa, idealism, Kony 2012

Young people want to be part of a cause, especially if it is one their elders have seemingly ignored.

Whatever happened to British common sense?

Joanna Bogle | 15 March 2012 |

tags: Britain, religious freedom

The Tory-led government is taking sides against Christians who want wear a small cross at work.

The state of the world: Germany’s strategy

George Friedman | 14 March 2012 |

tags: geopolitics, Germany, Russia

If the European Union weakens, an alliance between Russia and Germany seems to be an inevitable alternative.

The state of the world: assessing China’s strategy

George Friedman | 07 March 2012 |

tags: China, foreign policy, Stratfor

China's military might is impressive, but it has some serious limitations weaknesses, as well.

Ad hockery at work

George Friedman | 29 February 2012 |

tags: balance of power, foreign policy

The financial crisis, war weariness, and overstretch are forcing the US to take a passive role in its foreign policy. But this cannot work in the long term.

Towards a geopolitical framework for global politics

George Friedman | 23 February 2012 |

tags: global politics, Stratfor

The extraordinary years from 1989 to 1991 changed the way the world worked, whether measured in centuries or generations.

Bombs across the border

Jacob Shively | 10 February 2012 |

tags: just war, Pakistan, US foreign policy

The US makes a strong case that its military interventions in Pakistan are just and legal. Whether they’re good is another question.

Oh, Britannia!

Joanna Bogle | 07 February 2012 |

tags: Britain, Queen Elizabeth II

It's not her fault but six decades on, Queen Elizabeth rules a wave of social disintegration.