Stratfor's Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses the key geopolitical developments for 2013.

Beijing wants to connect its existing rail routes to the lucrative markets in Turkey and Europe.

Stratfor's Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker discusses this week's elections in Japan and South Korea and the effects on the region.

China needs African resources to sustain its domestic economy, and the projects in Africa provide a destination for excess Chinese labor.

Stratfor's Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker discusses the elections in Japan and South Korea and how the countries' national interests could complicate U.S. efforts to shape its security policy in Northeast Asia.

Japan's current regional security and political concerns are accelerating its move toward remilitarization.

Stratfor's Chief Geopolitical Analyst Robert D. Kaplan discusses the U.S. National Intelligence Council's findings that Asia will overtake the United States and Europe in terms of global power by 2030 and that Asia's regional stability is not guaranteed.

The use of self-immolation as a protest tool is only successful when the act is carried out in a fairly populated area, which has not always been the case in Tibet.

Stratfor's Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker examines the significance of North Korea's successful rocket launch.

Stratfor East Asia Analyst John Minnich discusses China's coal mining sector and the effects of "shadow lending" on the country's economic stability.