The unrest plaguing the regime in Damascus presents an opportunity for Saudi Arabia to drive a wedge between Syria and its longtime ally, Iran.

Regional unrest and a pending succession crisis pose a substantial challenge to the ruling House of Saud.

This is the sixth in a series of monographs on the geopolitics of countries influential in world affairs.

Israel has existed in three different manifestations.

As the rebels fail to advance on Gadhafi's strongholds in western Libya, allied powers enforcing the no-fly zone have increasingly floated the idea of providing the opposition fighters with weapons.

Far from having any significant stake in Libya's future, by sending forces to support the no-fly zone, Ottawa is looking to raise Canada's international geopolitical profile.

While on the surface, protests in Jordan appear similar to those in Egypt, the nature of the political systems and grievances in each country make the threats to regime stability much different.

In the face of the unrest in Egypt, STRATFOR's job is to sort through all the claimants and wannabees of this revolution and find out who the main powers really are.

Whether the younger Mubarak has actually left Egypt is less important than the fact that a U.S.-based news site was the source of the rumor and that Washington has issued a denial.

At least three people have died, including one police officer, in demonstrations across the country. (With STRATFOR map)