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Many readers are familiar with Stratfor’s George Friedman, who is excellent at peering into the geopolitical considerations of nation-states. With the world approaching a full blown multi-dimensional crisis, Friedman takes a look at the political drivers and concerns of the three major players – the US, Europe, and China. The current economic crisis is best understood […]
In my book, Stratfor’s George Friedman is THE best at geopolitical analysis – he always pieces together the global picture masterfully. Here’s his take on the emerging energy crisis in Japan, which we are fortunate enough to republish here… Japan, the Persian Gulf and Energy By George Friedman, Founder of Stratfor Over the past week, […]
Here’s an interesting take on the lasting effects of WikiLeaks from geopolitical expert George Friedman, Founder of Stratfor. I go on and off with my subscription to Stratfor – they give excellent insights into geopolitics, taking a game theory approach to determine what actions the various actors will take. While I’m not currently a subscriber, […]
Here’s a great look at the upcoming midterm election by geopolitical expert George Friedman at Stratfor. It’s an excellent service that takes a look at geopolitical situations around the globe, and breaks down the likely actions of various parties. George does their best stuff, in my opinion, and I was glad that they allowed us […]
I don’t normally comment much on politics, preferring to focus on the markets as best I can – though admittedly the two are becoming more and more intertwined by the day (sadly enough). But this was a very interesting piece from George Friedman at Stratfor, which we were fortunate enough to be allowed to reprint […]
Here’s a nice contrarian viewpoint put forth by Stratfor – they believe the US will be the first country to lead the world’s global economic recovery, starting as early as the 3rd quarter of this year. And then Asia’s recovery won’t be far behind. Stratfor produces excellent analysis about geopolitical ongoings…basically a “personal CIA” delivered […]
Here’s a great piece by our friends at Stratfor about the effect that geography has played in the economic development of four key regions – the US, Russia, China, and Europe. Stratfor has a very bullish stance on the US – both historically, and looking into the future – which is counter to many of […]
On Saturday, agricultural ministers from the world’s (roughly) eight most industrialized nations, met in Italy to discuss the looming threat of food shortages and a global food crisis. America’s agricultural secretary warned that unless many countries take substantative steps to increase food production, there will be increasing shortages and social unrest around the world. For […]
In this guest article, Stratfor’s George Friedman details the underlying rifts heading into the G-20 summit – primarily between the “bailout/stimulus” brothers US and UK, versus France and Germany, which are not laying on stimulus packages of their own, but being export driven economies, are benefitting from the UK and US charity plans. The […]
Thanks to our friends at Stratfor, for granting us the right to republish this fine analysis of the two major challenges President Obama faces on the global stage. Obama Enters The Great Game By George Friedman U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will be sworn in on Tuesday as president of the United States. Candidate Obama said […]
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