We have already discussed in the first part of this analysis how the American geography dooms whoever controls the territory […]
Why engage in proxy war? A state’s perspective
Author Daniel L. Byman Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy Editor’s Note:States use proxies for many reasons, writes […]
What Past Empires Tell Us About the Future
By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures, Spanish essayist George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the […]
50 Cheapest Countries to Live In
Whether you are close to retirement and want to see the world or are young and simply itch to live […]
Places around the world running out of water
With surging populations, the world is coping with the increased demand for water. A rapidly urbanizing population further strains the […]
What’s Saudi Arabia playing at over oil?
After Saudi Arabia’s sudden insistence that Iran be part of a meeting in Doha last weekend to discuss an oil […]
Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?
By Dalan McEndree President Putin’s recent moves in the Middle East—to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria through […]
Lost cities: where to pretend you are Indiana Jones
By Sarah Gilbert, Lonely Planet. Unearthing lost cities used to be the preserve of machete-wielding, Indiana Jones types, but advances […]
Why Shiite Expansion Will Be Short-Lived
Analysis Forecast That a bloc of Shiite states has coalesced in the Middle East is a significant geopolitical development; that […]
Russia Nervously Eyes the U.S.-Iran Deal
By Reva Bhalla, Stratfor, When a group of weary diplomats announced a framework for an Iranian nuclear accord last week […]