Mexican President Felipe Calderon speaks during a press conference in Mexico City on June 25
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon speaking at a press conference in Mexico City on June 25
Mexico: Legislative Elections and Economic Troubles
July 3, 2009 1400 GMT
Mexico's economic woes will loom over the legislative elections on July 5. [more]
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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev visits a Russian shipyard July 2
Intelligence Guidance: Week of July 5, 2009
July 2, 2009 2028 GMT
The following is an internal STRATFOR document produced to provide high-level guidance to our analysts. [more]
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Iraq: A Telling Oil-Auction Failure
July 2, 2009 2025 GMT
Iraq's first oil auction in decades was a bust, but it may offer opportunities to regional energy competitors. [more]
Acting Honduran President Roberto Micheletti
Honduras: The Crisis Continues
July 2, 2009 1926 GMT
The next few days will offer insights into where Honduras is headed. [more]
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Situation Reports
Russia, U.S.: Putin Responds To Obama Comments
July 4, 2009 0133 GMT
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on July 3 said U.S. President Barack Obama is wrong to suggest that Putin is stuck in a Cold War mindset, The Associated Press reported. Obama said July 2 that Putin had "one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new." In response to the comments, Putin said Russians "stand solidly on their own two feet and always look into the future."
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Peru: PM To Step Down Over Protests
July 4, 2009 0128 GMT
Turkey: Russia-Azerbaijan Deal Won't Affect Nabucco
July 3, 2009 2121 GMT
Sudan: 2 Aid Workers Kidnapped
July 3, 2009 2116 GMT
Daily Podcast
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Afghanistan: COINing a Change in Helmand
July 2, 2009 1206 GMT
About 4,000 U.S. Marines have swarmed into Taliban-controlled Helmand province, where the battle strategy will be markedly different in many respects from anything seen in Afghanistan up to now. [more]
Weekend Podcast
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The STRATFOR Weekend Podcast
June 27, 2009 1318 GMT
STRATFOR highlights the headlines of the world today and looks at the week ahead, using our exclusive Intelligence Guidance. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary
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Geopolitical Diary: America's Indivisible Imperatives
July 2, 2009 0145 GMT
Since its independence, the United States has been driven by five core imperatives. [more]
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Security Weekly
Global Security and Intelligence Report
EA: The Return of Classical Greek Terrorism
July 1, 2009 2013 GMT
One Greek militant group has grown increasingly aggressive in recent years, borrowing from a violent predecessor's playbook. [more]
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The Real Struggle in Iran and Implications for U.S. Dialogue
June 29, 2009 1908 GMT
Rather than a social uprising against the regime, the real post-election crisis in Iran was a complex struggle within the regime. [more]
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