U.S. strategy under President Barack Obama has returned to classic patterns, allowing the system to evolve as it will and so permitting a reduction in American efforts.

In 1989-1991 the world changed, locking into place a long-term shift in the global balance of power.

Those seeking regime change in Syria are trying to rid the country of Iranian influence without opening it up to transnational jihadism.

The United States can remain in Afghanistan indefinitely but it cannot defeat the Taliban, and it has many important issues to attend to elsewhere.

Increasingly, the European debt crisis is ceasing to be a Greek or Italian crisis. It is a crisis in the future role Germany will play in Europe.

Rumors have emerged that the United States has offered Iran the possibility of negotiations. Given the knot that is being tied in the region, the rumors come as no surprise.

The New Year begins where we expected: at the Strait of Hormuz.

George Friedman addresses the Stratfor security breach.

After the official end of the Iraq war, Stratfor personnel offer recollections of their experiences with the conflict.

Moscow is pursuing a drive to divide Europe and the United States, a balancing act that takes in ballistic missile defense and the politics of membership in the World Trade Organization.