Special Series: The Global Summits (Spring 2009)

A redefinition of global systems is taking place via the ongoing flurry of global summits, and STRATFOR is here to provide the historical and analytical record. [more]

U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the Turkish Parliament on April 6 indicated that Washington considers Ankara an important global player. [more]

The days when the European Union can influence Turkish behavior by dangling the prospect of membership could be numbered. [more]

Azerbaijan is boycotting an April 7 summit in Turkey over concerns that Ankara and Yerevan will reach an accord. [more]

The weeklong extravaganza of G-20, NATO, EU, U.S. and Turkey meetings has almost ended, closing in apparent unity because the United States accepted European unwillingness to compromise. [more]

The last week of summits has put Russia in a position where it must focus on defending its former Soviet territory. [more]

A meeting of EU finance ministers has ended without agreement on new financial rules. [more]

U.S. President Barack Obama announced new features in American foreign policy April 5 in Europe. [more]

Details about protests during the NATO summit indicate the potential of greater violence among protesters amid a wave of general social unrest in Europe. [more]

The NATO summit ended April 4, ahead of an EU-U.S. summit and U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey. [more]

The decision to take action against tax havens is one of the significant results of the G-20 summit. [more]

Turkish opposition to the leading candidate to be NATO's new secretary-general signals its renewed confidence. [more]

The presidents of France and the United States were full of praise for one another ahead of the April 3 NATO summit in Strasbourg, France. [more]

Turkey and Armenia are preparing to restore diplomatic relations, a development that plays into the larger U.S.-Russian geopolitical struggle. [more]

The decision to recapitalize the International Monetary Fund was one of the G-20 summit's key outcomes. [more]

The G-20 summit has ended. [more]

The G-20 summit has ended. [more]

A follow-up to a meeting held April 1 between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. [more]

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama are scheduled to meet on April 2 on the sidelines of the G-20 summit. [more]

STRATFOR's look at the structure and creation of the G-20 -- and why it is unlikely to change. [more]