The 2008 U.S. Presidential Race

One day after Americans elected their next president, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev delivered a bold national address that makes Russia's view of the United States abundantly clear. [more]

Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States by a large majority in the Electoral College. The road ahead is not so rosy for him. [more]

Now that he has won the American presidency, Barack Obama will face more challenges -- particularly in foreign policy. [more]

Countries around the world will be watching the U.S. election Nov. 4 -- and many of those countries have already decided which candidate they would like to see win. [more]

The presidential campaign in the United States, now near its end, has been a contest fought in the middle of not one but four crises. Americans now need to decide between John McCain and Barack Obama -- and a tie would be of real concern. Colin Chapman says a period of uncertainty about the American presidency is not what the world needs now. But there is also a danger of raising false expectations. [more]

In the upcoming U.S. presidential election a president must be chosen clearly; a complex deadlock would pose a threat to the international system's stability. [more]

The global economy continues to deteriorate, Israel will continue to fulminate against Iran, and U.S. President George W. Bush has called an emergency summit after the election to discuss the financial crisis. But the world is on hold until the election of the next U.S. president — likely Barack Obama — and his installation next year. [more]

Several international crises are on hold as the world waits for the next U.S. president to take office. [more]

Part four of a series by Stratfor founder and Chief Intelligence Officer George Friedman on the U.S. presidential debate on foreign policy. [more]

Part three of a series by Stratfor founder and Chief Intelligence Officer George Friedman on the U.S. presidential debate on foreign policy. [more]

Part two of a series by Stratfor founder and Chief Intelligence Officer George Friedman on the U.S. presidential debate on foreign policy. [more]

Part one of a series by Stratfor founder and Chief Intelligence Officer George Friedman on the U.S. presidential debate on foreign policy. [more]

Efforts by radical anarchists to disrupt the Republican National Convention provide us with the opportunity to examine the broader operations of the so-called RNC Welcoming Committee, tactics of the anarchist movement in general, and the law enforcement response. [more]

A series of critical -- and seemingly unconnected -- developments across the world highlight undeniable U.S. interests irrespective of who will be in the White House in 2009. [more]

Conventional wisdom holds that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, as an African-American, is under a greater threat than either his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton or Republican candidate John McCain. But a close look at the rhetoric on many radical white racist Web sites suggests that all three candidates are at risk. [more]

In this extended interview for members only, analyst Reva Bhalla discusses the implications of U.S. presidential candidate John McCain’s visit this week to Baghdad and whether Iran’s recent elections will have any bearing on Tehran’s foreign policy. [more]

Republican presidential candidate John McCain pairs up with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in a visit to Iraq that's meant to leave Iran with a stark foreign policy choice, analyst Reva Bhalla tells Marla Dial. [more]

Both U.S. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and Iran's government have decisions to make about how closely to work with the Bush administration on Iraq. [more]

It's down to either John McCain, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as to who will be the next U.S. president. Outside the United States, the world is assessing the chances of Clinton or Obama actually carrying out their platform policies -- and is worried by what it hears. [more]

South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong Hoon said Feb. 15 that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's opposition to the free trade deal between the countries could change. Regardless, South Korea will continue to broker free trade agreements elsewhere. [more]