Past Media Coverage

A sample of where STRATFOR has been cited in the past:

August 2009

August 11 - Mexican Drug Gangs Diversify Into Oil (Forbes)

July 2009

July 17 - Forces hiked to counter drug gang in Mexican state (Los Angeles Times)

June 2009

June 12 - Ahmadinejad leads Iran vote, challenger defiant (Reuters)

June 2 - A New Ottoman Empire? (Forbes)

May 2009

May 22 - Heavy fighting explodes in capital of Somalia (AP)

May 22 - Venezuela Oil Lures Bidders Seeking to Outlast Chavez (Bloomberg)

May 15 - Pakistan’s Taliban Fight Threatens Key Economic Zone (The Wall Street Journal)

May 14 - Analyst: ‘Bloody urban battle’ looms between Taliban, Pakistan (CNN)

May 2 - Obama set for ‘intense’ Pakistan, Afghan summit (AFP)

April 2009

April 16 - Russia Rearms (TIME)

April 10 - YouTube riddled with drug cartel videos, messages (USA Today)

April 1 - Anarchists Organize to Spread the Word (Wall St. Journal)

March 2009

March 30 - Bad Times Can Make Firms Vulnerable to Espionage (Kiplinger)

March 29 - Merkel Is Set to Greet, and Then Resist, Obama (New York Times)

March 29 - Cárteles del país abren nuevas rutas en CA (El Universal)

March 27 - Israel suspected in Sudan airstrikes (Los Angeles Times)

March 26 - A look at North Korea’s missile arsenal (Associated Press)

March 26 - Report: Airstrike exposes Iran arms chain (UPI)

March 26 - LS polls provide opportunity to terrorists (Press Trust of India)

March 25 - Are you safe in Mexico? (CNN AC360)

March 23 - Mexico offers $2 million for top drug lords (Associated Press)

March 22 - The Reach of Mexico’s Drug Cartels (New York Times)

March 20 - Refugees From Mexico Drug War Flee to US (The Nation)

March 20 - China’s vulnerability in Malacca Strait (UPI Asia)

March 17 - Madagascar’s military hands power to Rajoelina (Reuters)

March 17 - Khatami Withdrawal Shakes Up Iran Presidential Race (Voice of America)

March 16 - Islamabad Wire: Democracy Defeats Mob Politics in Pakistan (Huffington Post)

March 16 - Obama rebalances US drug policy (Christian Science Monitor)

March 16 - Suicide attack in Pakistan (ABC Radio Australia)

March 14 - A war you can stop (National Post)

March 14 - Incubo nucleare: come uscirne (Panorama)

March 12 - Spring Break in Cancun Could Mean Trouble in Paradise (NBC Nightly News)

March 12 - Russia’s battle to save the ruble (Money Week)

March 12 - Mexico’s Powerful Drug Cartels May Be Joining Forces (FOX News)

March 11 - Cocaine King (Forbes)

March 10 - Saudi King to Meet Syria’s Assad, Acts Against Iran (Bloomberg)

March 10 - Bad Times Can Make Firms Vulnerable to Espionage (Kiplinger)

March 6 - Obama’s Shift on US Foreign Policy (RealClearWorld)

March 6 - Fate of Zimbabwe central bank governor key to aid (Reuters)

March 5 - U.S., Iran could meet at conference on Afghanistan (Los Angeles Times)

March 4 - ‘No choice except regional leadership’ (Hurriyet)

March 4 - Cricket terror attack fuels Pakistan’s unravelling (The Australian)

March 4 - Fate of Zimbabwe central bank governor key to aid (Reuters)

March 3 - Beijing frets over Pyongyang’s launch (Asia Times)

March 3 - Mexico Drug War Threatens Civil Rule (Voice of America)

March 2 - Afghanistan’s Complicated Election Plans (RealClearWorld)

March 2 - Twin assassinations leave Guinea-Bissau in turmoil (Associated Press)

March 2 - Is Southern Sudan re-arming ahead of referendum in 2011? (Business Daily Africa)

March 1 - Nell’età dell’oro, made in Usa (Panorama)

February 2009

February 27 - US economy shrinks 6.2% but recovery may be in sight (Business Intelligence Middle East)

February 26 - Top of the Agenda: Previewing Obama’s Budget (Council on Foreign Relations)

February 26 - NKorea lashes out over missile-test warnings (Associated Press)

February 26 - Guvernatorul cere Palatului Victoria sa nu trateze emotional criza (Business Standard)

February 25 - Second Amendment (CNN)

February 25 - Party divisions evident over Chinese stimulus (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

February 22 - Bajo la Lupa (La Jornada)

February 21 - Russia issues passports to expand its reach (Associated Press)

February 20 - Tamil Tiger aircraft attack Sri Lanka capital (Reuters)

February 18 - Trader Panzner Foresees Wealth Destruction, Rising Crime, Guns (Bloomberg)

February 17 - Tod eines Physikers (Financial Times - German ed.)

February 16 - Israel launches covert war against Iran (The Telegraph)

February 15 - Beijing seeks Latin trade ties (Washington Times)

February 14 - Alan Bock: Where will Obama take us in Afghanistan? (The O.C. Register)

February 13 - Slain Somali president’s son named PM (Reuters)

February 13 - Analysis: Sarkozy pushes France into NATO embrace (Associated Press)

February 12 - U.S., Russia track satellite crash debris (Reuters)

February 12 - Clinton picks Asia for first State trip (USA Today)

February 12 - Bolsheviks At The Gate? (International Business Times)

February 11 - Panetta: From Washington Insider to CIA Outsider (Time)

February 11 - The Rising Power of Turkey (Kiplinger)

February 8 - Taliban’s darkness descends on Swat Valley (The Australian)

February 7 - He Can See Without the Crystal Ball (Newsweek)

February 6 - Disgraced Pakistan A-bomb scientist declared free (Associated Press)

February 5 - High Stakes for Obama at Weekend Security Conference (The New York Times)

February 4 - Russia Role Seen In Kyrgyz Plan To Close U.S. Base (NPR)

February 4 - Mexican Drug Cartels Armed to the Hilt, Threatening National Security (FOX News)

February 3 - Op-Ed: Afghan Supplies, Russian Demands (New York Times)

February 3 - Crisis could open Russian energy to West again (Reuters)

February 3 - Afghan Supplies, Russian Demands (The New York Times - OpEd Piece)

February 2 - Top of the Agenda: Iraqi Elections (Council on Foreign Relations)

February 2 - U.S. Intelligence Monitoring 3 Ailing Foreign Leaders (NPR)

February 2 - Excerpts From The Next 100 Years (Forbes)

February 1 - ‘Next 100 Years’ book has odd predictions worth pondering (Miami Herald)

February 1 - Big challenges for Somalia’s new Islamist leader (Reuters)

January 2009

January 31 - Top Reviews (Bloomberg)

January 29 - China — The Next World Superpower? (CNBC Asia)

January 29 - Who Owns Rights to Melting Arctic? (Business Week)

January 28 - Lower oil prices plague Nigeria (UPI)

January 27 - Power Forecast (National Review)

January 26 - NATO, Russian envoys ending Cold War over Georgia (Associated Press)

January 25 - Mexico’s Ominous Drug Wars (RealClearWorld)

January 22 - Diplomatic outsourcing (Economist)

January 21 - Obama’s Top Foreign Policy Challenges (Kiplinger)

January 20 - Obama diante do desafio de sua própria segurança (AFP)

January 20 - South Africa graft case could cramp Zuma presidency (Reuters)

January 20 - Al-Qaida’s Threat Is Still With Us (Investor’s Business Daily)

January 19 - Not Obama’s World: Japan Attacks U.S., China Bursts in New Book (Bloomberg)

January 19 - Moskau wird Kiew nie dem Westen überlassen (Handelsblatt)

January 18 - Obama inherits a world of troubles (San Francisco Chronicle)

January 16 - 26/11: Poor training, not weaponry let Mumbai cops down (Times of India)

January 16 - Obama’s Toughest Challenge? Iran (Kiplinger)

January 16 - Rules tightened for Mexico travel (Marine Corps Times)

January 15 - China can’t stop India’s missile system (Asia Times)

January 14 - Unprecedented security as Obama set for White House (AFP)

January 11 - Kidnapping Expert Kidnapped In Mexico (National Public Radio)

January 8 - Bhalla Doubts Gaza Conflict Will Spread to Wider Region (Bloomberg TV)

January 8 - Rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon (Business Intelligence)

January 7 - Analiza STRATFOR: Europa are patru variante pentru independenta energetica fata de Rusia (Hotnews Romania)

January 7 - Bajo la Lupa (La Jornada)

January 6 - Controversy Arises Over Alleged Hamas-Iran Ties (Voice of America)

January 5 - U.S. anti-kidnap expert’s vanishing spins Mexico mystery (Reuters)

January 5 - The Early Read: On the Future (Foreign Policy)

January 4 - Another front for Israel? (Business Spectator)

January 3 - “Su Israele nessuna illusione Obama sarà uguale a Bush” (Il Giornale)

January 2 - Gazprom taglia il gas all’Ucraina (Il Sole 24 Ore)

December 2008

December 31 - Israel and Hamas: A War Primer (Popular Mechanics)

December 31 - Telcos plan back-up ahead of fibre optic cables (Business Daily Africa)

December 29 - Timely Agendas (Fox Business Network)

December 27 - Chinese Warships Sail, Loaded for Pirates (New York Times)

December 27 - Abduction Illuminates Criminality In Mexico (Washington Post)

December 26 - Could saber-rattling lead to war between India and Pakistan? (McClatchy Newspapers)

December 26 - 3 Chinese navy ships leave for Somalia (Associated Press)

December 25 - Russia Deal Not Anti-Western - Serbia (Balkan Insight)

December 23 - Ukraine, Ukraine…. (Russia Profile)

December 22 - India Will Take All Steps Needed to Combat Terrorism (Bloomberg)

December 22 - The Death of Deep Throat and the Crisis of Journalism (4Hoteliers)

December 21 - India Demands Pakistan Act Against People Behind Mumbai Attack (Bloomberg)

December 20 - Russia’s New Red Lines (National Journal)

December 20 - Military strike on Pak? US company says India ready (CNN IBN)

December 19 - India may still strike at Pakistan: US report (Times of India)

December 19 - Germany Opposes NATO Membership for Ukraine and Georgia (Energy Tribune)

December 17 - Kremlin Sidelines Oligarchs in Taking Norilsk Control (Bloomberg)

December 17 - China may send warships to Somalia coast (Los Angeles Times)

December 16 - A Scourge Withers (Investor’s Business Daily)

December 15 - Russian navy: Russian warships to visit Cuba (Associated Press)

December 15 - Nonfiction Reviews (Publisher’s Weekly)

December 13 - Atentados de Bombay prueban que los planes más temibles tienen siete vidas (AFP)

December 12 - Imaginary Kidnappings (New York Times)

December 12 - Американские эксперты считают, что Ющенко и Тимошенко помирил Кремль (Pravda)

December 11 - Destacan combate de México contra el narcotráfico (Milenio)

December 10 - Ugly tactics of the rioters now coming under attack (Globe and Mail)

December 9 - The Recession & More Government Bailouts (Investor’s Insight)

December 9 - Pakistan Detains Extremist Leader (Washington Post)

December 8 - The Velocity Factor (FX Street)

December 7 - South Asia’s Deadly Dominoes (New York Times)

December 6 - Chavez changes role of Venezuelan forces (Houston Chronicle)

December 5 - Intelligence deficit disorder (Business Spectator)

December 5 - From the New York Landmarks Plot to the Mumbai Attack (4Hoteliers)

December 4 - The Next Disaster (Forbes)

December 4 - Mumbai Attackers May Have Followed 1993 New York Terror Plot (Bloomberg)

December 3 - 中美关系分析》战略对话形式或大于内容,应对经济衰退为共同目标 (Reuters, China)

December 3 - Mumbai attacks: Al-Qaida plot to divert Pak troops? (Times of India)

December 2 - An Uncommon Résumé in an Unusual Time (New York Times)

December 2 - Pakistani government condemns attacks (USA Today)

December 1 - Mumbai attacks: Rift between Pakistan army and government (Telegraph)

December 1 - After attacks, India PM battles for political life (Reuters)

November 2008

November 30 - Indian intelligence services criticized (International Herald Tribune)

November 30 - Indians express anger toward terrorists, government (USA Today)

November 29 - Mumbai: A history of violence (CNN)

November 28 - Zimbabwe parties agree on power-sharing bill (Reuters)

November 28 - Mumbai attacks could chill India-Pakistan ties (Los Angeles Times)

November 27 - Terrorists Strategically Picked Mumbai (NPR)

November 27 - India Attacks Indicate Al-Qaeda Link, Experts Say (Bloomberg)

November 26 - Dozens Die in Mumbai Attacks (Washington Post)

November 25 - If you’ll be my bodyguard… (Wealth Bulletin)

November 24 - Russia Bulls Should Beware of the Bear (Wall St. Journal)

November 24 - China taxi drivers strike as economic unrest spreads (Guardian)

November 22 - 45 years on, JFK killing haunts Secret Service protecting Obama (AFP)

November 22 - Obama clan in Kenya enjoys reflected glory (Los Angeles Times)

November 21 - World mulls tougher response against pirates (Associated Press)

November 21 - Nowe mocarstwo nad Wisłą (Rzeczpospolita)

November 20 - India aid sends all clear for Sri Lanka war (Reuters)

November 19 - The Road Ahead in Afghanistan (Council on Foreign Relations)

November 19 - West’s Navies May Get Tougher on Piracy After Seizure of Tanker (Bloomberg)

November 18 - Supertanker’s hijacking underlines pirate threat (MarketWatch)

November 18 - Racismo, la principal amenaza para el próximo presidente de EU (La Jornada)

November 18 - Piracy crisis exposes need for Somalia solution (Reuters)

November 17 - Has the terror probe taken a pre-election turn? (Rediff India Abroad)

November 14 - The Week in Review (The Trumpet)

November 13 - Wishful thinking (The Australian)

November 13 - Obama’s Challenge (Investor’s Insight)

November 12 - Global Markets: The Planting Season and the Credit Crunch (iStockAnalyst)

November 12 - Mexico deadlier than Iraq (World Net Daily)

November 11 - STRATFOR Intel Briefing (Bill O’Reilly)

November 11 - Sarah Palin: God will show me a door to the White House in 2012 (Daily Mail)

November 10 - Regional leaders toothless in Zimbabwe crisis (Reuters)

November 10 - Will Obama Sign Off On New Afghan Strategy? (NPR)

November 10 - George Friedman (Russia Today TV)

November 9 - Accident on Russian nuclear sub suffocates 20 (Associated Press)

November 9 - 2008 Texas Book Festival: The War Over American Ideals (CSPAN)

November 8 - Presidential security team swamps the neighbourhood (Times of London)

November 8 - Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama (Telegraph)

November 7 - Russia Aims to Be High on Obama’s Agenda (New York Times)

November 7 - Foreign-currency mortgages stress E. Europeans (Associated Press)

November 7 - What Obama Faces Abroad (Kiplinger Letter)

November 6 - What does a company making $250 billion a year do for an encore? (Forbes)

November 5 - Among Obama’s next challenges: his own security (AFP)

November 5 - Hope washes across Africa after Obama triumph (Reuters)

November 5 - Political Experts Say Obama Faces Major Challenges (Voice of America)

November 4 - Quand la Chine ralentit (La Presse Affaires)

November 3 - Pakistanis give Gen. Petraeus an earful on his first visit (McClatchy Newspapers)

November 3 - Baghdad to Paris: The undying axis (ISN)

November 1 - Barack Obama warned that terror attacks could soon test mettle (Telegraph)

November 1 - Foreign and energy-policy challenges (Jamaica Gleaner)

October 2008

October 31 - India suspects Islamists, separatists in Assam attack (Reuters)

October 30 - Italian bond weakest since lira as Europe crisis deepens (Telegraph)

October 30 - Russia seeks sales, not strife, in U.S. backyard (Kyiv Post)

October 29 - Gloom descends despite Kremlin pledges (Guardian)

October 29 - Америка должна возглавить операцию по спасению развивающихся экономик (Inosmi.ru)

October 29 - STRATFOR prognosis: Romania is prone to economic collapse (HotNews.ro)

October 28 - La crisis económica de EU, nuevo enfoque a las elecciones presidenciales (La Jornada Jalisco)

October 27 - The Al-Qaida We Don’t Know: AQIM and the North African Franchise (World Politics Review)

October 25 - War or Peace? The World After the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election (Centre for Research on Globalization)

October 25 - Venezuela, Russia building a military bond (Houston Chronicle)

October 23 - Russian Stocks Decline as Reserves Shrink and Debt Risk Climbs (Bloomberg)

October 22 - Cutting Back on Fuel Subsidies (Council on Foreign Relations)

October 22 - Currency swept up in commodities crash (Financial Post)

October 21 - Bretton Woods Part Deux (CNBC)

October 21 - A Sunni-Shiite battle of the website hackers (Christian Science Monitor)

October 20 - Pakistan on the Verge of Bankruptcy, Presses Allies for Support (Money Morning)

October 18 - Pakistan says monetary fund help a possibility (Associated Press)

October 18 - Sri Lanka seen firm to wipe out rebels despite India’s fears (Gulf Times)

October 17 - Putin may use credit squeeze as a tool to ‘destroy’ oligarchs (Economic Times)

October 17 - Islamabad’s fall from grace (Business Spectator)

October 17 - Pakistan seeks cash amid financial crunch (Associated Press)

October 16 - Putin May Use Credit Squeeze to ’Destroy’ Oligarchs (Bloomberg)

October 16 - India rumbles over Sri Lanka war, but to what end? (Reuters)

October 15 - The Russo-German Plan to Dismantle NATO (The Trumpet)

October 14 - U.S. radar base in Israel under the radar (Tehran Times)

October 14 - Moving Off FAA Mainframes: The Challenges of Transition (Baseline Magazine)

October 13 - International Financial Crisis Economies and Markets Redefining the Rules (Market Oracle)

October 13 - States, economies and markets: redefining the rules (Mercator Net)

October 13 - The Financial Crisis in Europe (iStockAnalyst)

October 12 - The Weekend Web (The Trumpet)

October 10 - G-7 should consider bailout options on intl scale (Press Trust of India)

October 10 - Russia: No S-300 Defense System for Iran (Fars News Agency)

October 10 - Raising Iraqi Oil (Living on Earth)

October 10 - The Monster at the Bottom of the Abyss (Financial Sense)

October 10 - Rate Cuts and Paying for the Bailout (iStockAnalyst)

October 9 - Post 9/11 World Strategic Analysis (Market Oracle)

October 8 - Fitzgibbon rejects talks with extremists (Australian Associated Press)

October 8 - Iceland Braces for Bankruptcy, Asks Russia for Bailout (About.com)

October 7 - Vicious killings escalate in Mexico drug war (Reuters)

October 7 - More US ears in Israel (Asia Times Online)

October 6 - Why Germany is lukewarm about Nato (Mercatornet)

October 6 - US talks up trade boom with entry into transpacific pact (Cargonews Asia)

October 4 - Israel laying its yellow brick road to Iran war (Pakistan Daily)

October 3 - Russia and Germany Discuss New Alliance (The Trumpet)

October 2 - US Africa command starts work, faces hostility (Mail & Guardian)

October 1 - The Obama Chronicles (The O’Reilly Factor)

October 1 - U.S. Africa command starts work, faces hostility (Reuters)

October 1 - Axis of Doom (Front Page Magazine)

September 2008

September 30 - Somali Pirates Are Said to Die in Fight on Ukrainian Ship (Bloomberg)

September 30 - Drug war bodies are piling up in Mexico (Los Angeles Times)

September 29 - US orders more attacks on Pak targets (MSN)

September 28 - Pentagon orders stepping up of raids in Pakistan (News International)

September 27 - US steps up Pakistan raids to thwart al-Qaeda ‘October surprise’ plot (Telegraph)

September 27 - Despite crackdown, terror network intact (Times of India)

September 26 - Somali Pirates Turn Route to Suez Into ’Most Dangerous’ Waters (Garowe)

September 26 - Our Take on the Other Media’s Homeland Security Coverage (CQ Politics)

September 25 - McCain’s Foreign Policy Stance (Right Side News)

September 25 - Amid Crisis At Home, A Debate On Foreign Policy (National Public Radio)

September 24 - Somali Pirates Turn Route to Suez Into ’Most Dangerous’ Waters (Bloomberg)

September 24 - U.S. Image Tarnished By Financial Meltdown (National Public Radio)

September 23 - Wall Street drama (Business Intelligence - Middle East)

September 23 - Mexican gangs expand drug war to civilian ranks (Toronto Star)

September 23 - Govt can do more on cyber security (Australian Associated Press)

September 22 - Bomb Rocks Popular Hotel in Islamabad (The Trumpet)

September 21 - Events in Iraq muddle candidates’ differences (San Francisco Chronicle)

September 21 - Nightmare on Wall Street (Gold Seek)

September 21 - Russian S-300 missiles underway to Iran (Persian Journal)

September 20 - Geopolitical Imperatives Driving Russia and United States New Cold War (Market Oracle)

September 19 - Turkey’s Near Abroad (Council on Foreign Relations)

September 19 - Drug cartels lash back, targeting civilians (Vancouver Sun)

September 18 - Grenade attacks raise stakes in Mexico drug war (Reuters)

September 18 - Yemen’s Jihadis Raise Their Game With Embassy Attacks (ABC News)

September 18 - The Russian bear in America’s backyard (Petroleum World)

September 18 - Is a financial storm headed toward Russia? (Scripps News)

September 17 - Gorbachev gets Liberty Medal tonight (Philadelphia Inquirer)

September 17 - 16 dead in car bomb, ambush at US Embassy in Yemen (Associated Press)

September 17 - MALAYSIA: ABDULLAH SURVIVES, BUT FOR HOW LONG? (Malaysia Today)

September 16 - Who’ll Back Monroe Doctrine? (Investor’s Business Daily)

September 16 - Russia Seeks to Reforge Cold-War Era Influence on its Borders (Market Oracle)

September 16 - The Contagion Spreads (Globe and Mail)

September 15 - Bushes’ ’New World Order’ Is Yielding to ’Post-American’ Era (Bloomberg)

September 15 - Afghan Insurgents Get Bolder, Force U.S. Response (Kiplinger)

September 15 - Hezbollah and Sudan’s Salafi Regime Converge (Middle East Times)

September 15 - Petraeus: more than troops needed in Afghanistan (Huffington Post)

September 15 - Holy Land prosecution begins again (Dallas Morning News)

September 14 - Petraeus: more than troops needed in Afghanistan (Associated Press)

September 14 - Raids into Pakistan: What U.S. Authority? (Christian Science Monitor)

September 14 - Violating Someone’s “Sphere of Influence” Can Be Dangerous (Atlantic Free Press)

September 13 - The Week in Review (The Trumpet)

September 12 - Shiites take control (Business Spectator)

September 12 - Brutal crime wave shakes Mexico to the core (Reuters)

September 11 - The weakness of the West (The Economist)

September 11 - Russia sends two long-range bombers to Venezuela (Hurriyet)

September 10 - Is al-Qaeda network as strong as ever? (Globe and Mail)

September 10 - Russia sends two long-range bombers to Venezuela in show of strength (Vancouver Sun)

September 10 - Could Austin Affinity group be tied to Texas Governor’s Mansion fire? (KHOU - CBS Houston)

September 9 - Could Austin Affinity group be tied to Texas Governor’s Mansion fire? (KVUE - ABC Austin)

September 8 - Possible Link between RNC Suspects and Mansion Fire Investigated (FOX News Austin)

September 8 - Foreign Briefing (Scotsman)

September 7 - Power struggle in progress (Bangkok Post)

September 7 - Iran takes a back seat (The National)

September 6 - The Week in Review (The Trumpet)

September 5 - The deafening silence on Iran (Business Spectator)

September 4 - Putting The Hurt On Putin (Investor’s Business Daily)

September 4 - Analysis: Nigerian oil regains top spot (United Press International)

September 4 - No confirmation Canadians killed in Pakistan (Ottawa Citizen)

September 3 - Why Georgia Matters (Kiplinger)

September 3 - Russia: The New Order Cometh (Middle East Times)

September 3 - New Cold War and the Threat to Corporate Security (Market Oracle)

September 2 - EU, Reliant on Russian Gas, Skips Georgia Sanctions (Bloomberg)

September 2 - Iran Denies Purchase of Russian Missile System (Fars News Agency)

September 1 - Report: Iran denies purchase of Russian S-300 system (Xinhua)

September 1 - Unravelling Gujarat terrorism mystery (Asian Tribune)

September 1 - Pakistan links Taliban to al-Qaeda, vows to get tough (Globe and Mail)

September 1 - Al Qaida has free movement in Pakistan, top official concedes (McClatchy Newspapers)

August 2008

August 31 - Russia could supply Iran air defenses (United Press International)

August 31 - Russia: Energy as a short-term lever (Kuwait Times)

August 31 - US and Israel panic as Moscow threatens to sell S-300 to Iran (MINA)

August 30 - US fears Russia to sell S-300 to Iran (Jerusalem Post)

August 30 - Russia threatens to supply Iran with top new missile system as ‘cold war’ escalates (The Telegraph)

August 30 - Drug war bodies are piling up in Mexico (Los Angeles Times)

August 30 - Drug wars leave legacy of corpses in Mexico (San Francisco Chronicle)

August 29 - WWIII: Turkey’s Options (The Financial)

August 28 - Kosovo Independence at the Heart of Georgia Russia Crisis (Market Oracle)

August 27 - Top of the Agenda: Medvedev Backs Georgia Breakaways (Council on Foreign Relations)

August 27 - Theories Swirl About War’s Beginning (Moscow Times)

August 26 - How far will Russia go? (Helsingin Sanomat)

August 26 - Russia’s Arms Control Ripples (Council on Foreign Relations)

August 25 - U.S. Aid to Georgia Raises a Question for Russia (The Financial)

August 25 - Mexican Drug Cartel Terror Reaches Alabama (Right Side News)

August 24 - The Weekend Web (The Trumpet)

August 23 - Rising commodity prices and a reminder of the 1970s (The Nation - Pakistan)

August 22 - Merkel asked to take lead in reshaping East-West relations (EurActiv)

August 22 - U.S. Playing Poker with Russia (The Street)

August 21 - America the Inert (The Trumpet)

August 20 - Blast underscores challenges facing Pakistan (USA Today)

August 19 - STRATFOR.com: The Real World Order (Bill O’Reilly)

August 19 - The Real New World Order (Market Oracle)

August 19 - Once Its Rationale, Collective Defense Poses New Challenges to a Larger NATO (New York Times)

August 18 - Musharraf Resigns (Times of India)

August 18 - Zimbabwe deadlock deals further blow to Mbeki (Reuters Africa)

August 18 - Russian support for Iran sanctions at risk amid Georgia rift (Tehran Times)

August 18 - Conflict in Ossetia Exposes Obsolete Hardware (St. Petersburg Times)

August 18 - More gains expected in anti-terror drive in post-Musharraf era (Agence France-Presse)

August 17 - Little evidence that war in Georgia behind oil reversal (Arab Times)

August 17 - The Bear is back from hibernation (The Australian)

August 15 - Conflict Exposes Obsolete Hardware (Moscow Times)

August 15 - Beginning of a Soviet reunion (The Australian)

August 15 - BP’s uncertain future (Business Spectator)

August 15 - Georgia Conflict’s Effects On U.S.-Russia Relations (NPR)

August 15 - War in an oil rich region: oil prices slide (MSN Money)

August 15 - War in an oil rich region: oil prices slide (Forbes)

August 14 - US And Big Powers´ Hostility With Iran And Thirst For Nuclear Fuel Market (American Chronicle)

August 13 - Georgia On Our Minds (Forbes)

August 13 - ANALYSIS-Georgia rebel confidence rises after fighting (Reuters)

August 12 - Fatal attack in China’s Xinjiang (Al Jazeera)

August 12 - Russia Steps Up Its Push; West Faces Tough Choices (New York Times)

August 12 - Russia orders halt to Georgia military action but fighting continues (International Herald Tribune)

August 12 - Medvedev ends operation in Georgia (United Press International)

August 12 - Jamal Mecklai: Oil at $75 a barrel? (Business Standard)

August 12 - Russia May Focus on Pro-U.S. Ukraine After Georgia (Bloomberg)

August 11 - STRATFOR acknowledges Russia defeated US, not Georgian army in South Ossetia (Pravda)

August 11 - BBC Monitoring Europe - George Friedman analysis

August 11 - Fox News - The O’Reilly Factor - STRATFOR analysis

August 11 - West frets as Russian bear roars back to life (Herald Tribune)

August 11 - Oil Sinks Despite Georgian-Russian Turmoil (TheStreet.com)

August 11 - Russia Makes Power Grab in Georgia (The Trumpet)

August 10 - U.S. need has Russia in driver’s seat as it shells Georgia (Dallas Morning News)

August 10 - South Ossetia: Bloody fight, broad impact (USA Today)

August 10 - For U.S., bigger issues require Russian help (International Herald Tribune)

August 9 - UNSC fails to decide on S Ossetia ceasefire, again (Times of India)

August 9 - Georgia takes gamble with move on rebels (Kuwait Times)

August 9 - Skyrocketing energy prices would be upshot of adventurism: IRGC official (Tehran Times)

August 9 - In Georgia Clash, a Lesson on U.S. Need for Russia (New York Times)

August 8 - Analysis: Georgia takes gamble with move on rebels (The Independent)

August 8 - ANALYSIS-Georgia takes gamble with move on rebels (Reuters)

August 8 - Chinese Islamists threaten Olympics (The Age)

August 8 - Chinese Islamists threaten Games, US group says (Fox Sports)

August 8 - Russians Roll Tanks into Georgia; Oil Bubble Bursting, as Predicted (Rush Limbaugh)

August 8 - Chinese Islamists threaten Olympics (Manila Times)

August 7 - Chinese Islamists threaten Olympics: US group (Turkish Press)

August 7 - Chinese Islamists threaten Olympics: US group (Sydney Morning Herald)

August 7 - Chinese Islamists threaten Olympics: US group (Agence France-Presse)

August 5 - Friedman: Iran war may prompt $300 oil (Tehran Times)

August 4 - In Sight: an Amicable Endgame in Iran (Barron’s)

August 4 - Friedman: Iran war may prompt $300 oil (Press TV)

August 4 - STRATFOR: Busting the anthrax myth (PoliceOne)

August 3 - U.S., Israel attack on Iran unlikely: STRATFOR founder (Reuters)

August 2 - Mexican drug cartels now doing business on US soil (Boston Globe)

August 2 - Prague bending the truth (Kuwait Times)

August 1 - CBS: Message indicates Zawahiri critically wounded, possibly dead (Hot Air)

August 1 - Report says attack may have killed Zawahiri (World Net Daily)

August 1 - Norway: A New LNG Player (iStock Analyst)

July 2008

July 30 - Betting on Iraq in the Gulf (Council on Foreign Relations)

July 29 - China, the Olympics and the Visa Mystery (iStock Analyst)

July 28 - Separatists’ Olympics threat ‘credible’, says US analyst (Macau Daily Times)

July 28 - What ‘s Motivating Shift in US-Iran Policy? (Voice of America)

July 21 - Guns and praise as Venezuela deepens Russia ties (Forbes.com)

July 17 - U.S. Tamps Down Iran War Fears — For Now (Kiplinger)

July 14 - ‘Complacency’ worries top FBI counterterrorism official (WTOP Radio - DC)

July 11 - ANALYSIS-West has little leverage on Zimbabwe (Reuters)

July 10 - More foreign fighters moving into Pakistan’s tribal areas: report (AFP)

July 8 - Karachi reeling after series of bomb blasts (Globe and Mail)

July 8 - US faces dilemma as Pakistan grapples with rising militancy (AFP)

July 8 - Instability, Uncertainty, Fuel Pakistan, Afghan Attacks (Voice of America)

July 7 - Argentina’s Leadership Crisis (Council on Foreign Relations)

July 2 - Abkhazia violence and regional redefinition (Kuwait Times)

July 2 - Oil majors to lead another Iraq invasion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

July 1 - Iraq Opens Oil Fields To Western Developers (NPR - Morning Edition)

June 2008

June 27 - Does No One Remember the Pain of the ’70s? (TheStreet.com)

June 27 - Government not protectionist: think tank (Sydney Morning Herald)

June 26 - Analysis: Nigeria attack cripples Chevron (UPI)

June 25 - Pressure Tightens on Iran Over Nuclear Program (Voice of America)

June 25 - Pakistan’s tensions stoked (Toronto Star)

June 25 - Macabre messages are new tool of Mexico drug lords (Reuters)

June 23 - Geopolitical Alliances Shift with Rising Oil Prices (NPR - Morning Edition)

June 15 - Mexican Standoff: a New Threat to Oil (Barron’s)

June 13 - Pressure Tightens on Iran Over Nuclear Program (Money Week)

June 11 - What will happen to the oil price? (Wall Street Journal)

June 10 - Somali Islamist head rejects U.N.-sponsored pact (Reuters)

June 9 - ANALYSIS-“Obama-mania” sweeps Africa, but could he deliver? (Reuters)

June 8 - Ex-spy Fred Burton talks about ‘Ghost’ (Austin American Statesman)

June 5 - Analysis: Angolan oil output tops Nigeria (UPI)

June 4 - The challenges of ‘defensive’ Nuke (Kuwait Times)

May 2008

May 31 - China’s Cyber-Militia (National Journal)

May 30 - U.S. energy crisis throws spotlight on sea of oil (Reuters)

May 28 - Fred Burton on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central- The Daily Show)

May 28 - Shift in Asian currency strategy to fight inflation: report (AFP)

May 29 - Mexico battles drug traffickers (BBC Radio- The World)

May 28 - Mexico’s Drug Woes a Mounting Threat to Commerce (Kiplinger)

May 20 - Violence erupts in Mexico’s drugs heartland (Reuters)

May 19 - Strange Behavior (Forbes)

May 17 - Mexico’s besieged police put to the test (Houston Chronicle)

May 2 - Somali fighters threaten revenge for U.S. strike (MSNBC.com)

May 2 - Somali rebels defiant after al Qaeda chief killed (Reuters)

May 2 - Islamic insurgents in Somalia threaten revenge on America (Associated Press)

April 2008

April 29 - Jihad body linked to Saudi uni row (The Australian)

April 29 - Muslim leader warns of need to act (The Australian)

April 28 - Caracas, Colombia and Cocaine (Newsweek.com)

April 28 - Brazil Oil Trapped by 500-Degree Heat, Salt Barrier (Bloomberg)

April 28 - Caracas, Colombia, and Cocaine (Council on Foreign Relations)

April 25 - New World Order (Investor’s Business Daily)

April 24 - Nigeria’s oil industry appears fragile amid attacks (UPI)

April 24 - Brazil Oil Finds May End Reliance on Middle East, Zeihan Says (Bloomberg)

April 18 - Mexico’s Gulf cartel undaunted by military assault (Reuters)

April 16 - ANALYSIS-Zimbabwe crisis taints Mbeki, boosts Zuma (Reuters)

April 14 - Guatemala arrests senior Mexican drug hitman (Reuters)

April 10 - The Airline Bomb Plot (Wall Street Journal)

April 9 - ANALYSIS-Even Africa has few options on Zimbabwe (Reuters)

April 4 - Pakistan Opposes Unilateral U.S. Missile Strikes in Tribal Area (Bloomberg)

April 1 - Botswana marks peaceful African power transfer (Reuters)

April 1 - China’s Olympics Won’t Be What Beijing Had Hoped (Kiplinger)

March 2008

March 27 - U.S. Steps Up Unilateral Strikes in Pakistan (Washington Post)

March 27 - Oil Futures Rise; Gasoline Slips (The Street)

March 26 - Mexico drug war opens bloody new front on U.S. border (Reuters)

March 26 - Democratization & US interests in Pak (Kuwait Times)

March 24 - Acolytes of hate gain a foothold (Australian)

March 22 - Mosque row in court (Australian)

March 14 - Battle with militants takes bloody toll on Pakistan (Dallas Morning News)

March 14 - From Iraq (Washington Post)

March 6 - Australian tourists tell of China hostage scare (WashingtonPost.com)

March 6 - How Will McCain Play Iraq? (The Street)

March 6 - Australian tourists tell of China hostage scare (Reuters)

March 5 - Up in Arms (Newsweek.com)

March 5 - Trouble in the Andes (Council on Foreign Relations)

March 3 - Iran’s Regional Revolution (Council on Foreign Relations)