Analyst Eugene Chausovsky examines how the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector project, which faces many infrastructural and political obstacles, is likely a message to Russia and Turkey.

Analyst Marko Papic examines France's interests in West Africa and the Sahel following its declaration of war on al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

The International Court of Justice ruled Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia to be legal. STRATFOR analyst Marko Papic discusses the implications for separatist regions around the world.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said July 21 that Germany and France should align their tax policies as part of greater economic integration. Analyst Marko Papic examines that hypothetical alignment, possible reasons for Sarkozy's statement and its context in the wider Franco-German alliance.

Analyst Marko Papic discusses the implications of a new citizenship law involving ethnic Hungarians living abroad and nationalism as a symptom of wider European concerns.