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Could geoengineering save the planet?

Michael Cook | 25 May 2012 |

tags: bioethics, climate change, geoengineering

And who is thinking about the ethics of a technological quick fix?

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.

Too much information, too little thought

Carolyn Moynihan | 18 May 2012 |

tags: communications media, silence

There’s something more threatening to human communication than the digital divide.

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?

Obama devolves

Robert R. Reilly | 11 May 2012 |

tags: 2012 election, Barack Obama, same-sex marriage

The President has twisted immutable truths in the Constitution and Christianity into their opposites.

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.

Still soldiering on

Michael Cook | 16 April 2012 |

tags: Benedict XVI, human dignity, Western values

Benedict XVI's analysis of the crisis of Western culture is outstanding in its depth and clarity.

Enough of parenting misery lit

Mariette Ulrich | 12 April 2012 |

tags: parenting, work-life balance

Raising kids is not a Sunday stroll in the park, but if you never get there, whose fault is it?

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.

Immigration and the “Next America”

Jose H. Gomez | 05 April 2012 |

tags: immigration, religion, US history

The debate over immigration rests on an incomplete version of the country’s national story.

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.

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