Stratfor is a subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis. Individual and corporate subscribers gain a thorough understanding of international affairs, including what’s happening, why it’s happening, and what will happen next.
Unlike traditional news outlets, Stratfor uses a unique, intelligence-based approach to gathering information via rigorous open-source monitoring and a global network of human sources. Analysts then evaluate events looking through the objective lens of geopolitics. Our goal is simple: to make the complexity of the world understandable to an intelligent readership, without ideology, agenda or national bias.
- Founded in 1996 by bestselling author George Friedman
- Headquartered in Austin, Texas
- Privately owned
- Publishes analysis via a subscribers-only website and customized email updates
- Subscribers range from military officers to investment professionals, from graduate students to retirees
Founder and CEO George Friedman explains the different approaches taken by intelligence analysts and news reporters in covering world events.
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