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Category Archives: Geopolitical
Stratfor: Egypt’s President Declares a State of Emergency
Egypt is one of “Seven Swans a Simmering” that need to be monitored in 2013. The potential for widespread political instability is not insignificant. Keep it on your radar. Stratfor’s Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses the … Continue reading
Stratfor: China’s Expanding Maritime Claims
This is really good stuff and what we see as the biggest swan risk of 2013 “China is using its presence to make a case in any future international mediation that possession is nine- tenths of the law and China … Continue reading
Posted in China, Geopolitical
Tagged China, Geopolitics, possession is nine- tenths of the law, STRATFOR, U.S.
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Venezuela Leadership Concerns
It was just three months ago that a majority of Venezuelans re-elected their charismatic and controversial president – only to see his cancer return. At the Quinta Crespo Market in Caracas, people go about their business as usual, even in … Continue reading
Stratfor: 2013 Annual Forecast Preview
This is a great preview of the potential geopolitical swans you should monitoring in 2013. Stratfor’s Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses the key geopolitical developments for 2013. For more analysis, visit: http://www.Stratfor.com (click here if video is … Continue reading
America turns European – Can-kicking is a transatlantic sport
Merde! This week’s Economist cover story, America’s Turns European, has pulled the curtain from the Wizard of Oz! FOR the past three years America’s leaders have looked on Europe’s management of the euro crisis with barely disguised contempt. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Fiscal Policy, Geopolitical, Politics
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Stratfor: Political Change in Asia
Good background on the changes coming as the result of Japan and South Korea’s elections. Good stuff. Stratfor’s Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker discusses this week’s elections in Japan and South Korea and the effects on the … Continue reading
Posted in China, Geopolitical, Japan, Politics
Tagged China, Japan, Park Geun-hye, Shinzo Abe, South Korea
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Stratfor: Cuba’s Geographic Challenge
Stratfor discusses the strategic importance of Cuba in the Western Hemisphere and how the island’s proximity to the United States is its greatest geographic challenge. For more analysis, visit: http://www.Stratfor.com (click here if video is not observable)
South Korea Elects First Woman President
http://www.euronews.com/ South Korea has its first ever woman in the top job. The electoral commission has confirmed that the conservative Park Geun-hye has won the presidential election. The 60-year-old will return to the presidential palace in Seoul where she was … Continue reading
Stratfor: Robert D. Kaplan on the Rise of Asia
Given today’s landslide election in Japan, which returned Shinzo Abe back to power, we leave you with some great analysis by Stratfor’s Robert Kaplan. I think we have been too long taking Asia’s stability for granted…I can see signs of … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, China, Geopolitics, Instability, Japan
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The Massive Move in Won/Yen Cross
Add currency wars to Asia’s geopolitical tensions next year as a result of the Abe landslide. The Korean won/yen cross has strengthened a stunning 19.8 percent since June 4th. That’s a big move in relative prices and competitiveness between the … Continue reading
