Stratfor in the News

Robert Kaplan talks to The Business

Technical know-how, coal seam gas, shale gas and tight oil, as it's known, are reshaping world geopolitics. Having been so import-dependent, the United States is now the world's largest gas producer and expected to become the world's largest oil producer by 2017. Foreign Policy Magazine in 2011 named Robert Kaplan as one of the world's top 100 thinkers. Today he works for global intelligence company Stratfor in Austin, Texas.
ABC Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 08:40 Featured Analyst:  Robert D. Kaplan
Hugo Chavez Dead at 58

Hugo Chavez Dead at 58

Latin America analyst Karen Hooper discusses what the Venezuelan president's death means for the rest of the world.
CTV Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 08:32 Featured Analyst:  Karen Hooper

Italy's Crisis Catches Up With EWI

Italy is a country "beset by deep economic and political crisis," as geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor said in a note this week.
Index Universe Friday, March 1, 2013 - 12:07
What's on Abe's Washington Agenda?

What's on Abe's Washington Agenda?

Rodger Baker, VP of East Asia Analysis at Stratfor, identifies the top priorities for the Japanese Prime Minister as he attempts to strengthen ties with the United States in a visit to Washington.
CNBC Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 14:13 Featured Analyst:  Rodger Baker

The World In 2033: Big Thinkers And Futurists Share Their Thoughts

In short, the next few decades will see the erosion of central authority in the former colonial world, which will be somewhat violent at first, before settling down into a reasonable harmony. Geography will be more crucial than ever, even as technology makes the earth smaller and more claustrophobic.
Forbes Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 18:01 Featured Analyst:  Robert D. Kaplan

Stratfor's Bhalla: Egypt Collapse Unlikely

But as messy as Egypt's current situation seems to Western eyes, there’s a silver lining in the shaping of a new government that understands what needs to be done and who it can count on, according to Reva Bhalla, an analyst at Austin, Texas-based Stratfor, the geopolitical consultancy founded by George Friedman.
Index Universe Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 09:58 Featured Analyst:  Reva Bhalla

Algeria Attack A 'Wake-Up Call' For Energy Companies

Scott Stewart, a counterterrorism analyst at Stratfor, a private intelligence firm, points out that after the government in Niger tightened security at its uranium mines, they were not hit again.
NPR Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 17:43 Featured Analyst:  Scott Stewart

Companies Reassess Security After 23 Hostages Killed in Algeria

Global corporations are increasingly relying on their own intelligence networks to anticipate and respond to events that threaten workers’ safety or damage their business, said Fred Burton, vice president of intelligence at Stratfor, an Austin, Texas-based corporate security consultant.
Bloomberg Monday, January 21, 2013 - 15:01 Featured Analyst:  Fred Burton

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