Stratfor East Asia analyst John Minnich discusses how Chinese investments in South Asia serve as a security strategy and as an opportunity for access to resources and ports.
Stratfor military analyst Omar Lamrani examines the recent Taliban attack on Camp Bastion, a NATO base in Afghanistan, and explains how such attacks can affect negotiations.
Stratfor's Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie's visit to India and explains how China and India are struggling to reconcile their differences amid increasing regional tension.
The U.S. withdrawal and lack of preparedness on the part of the Afghan armed forces offers the Taliban an opportunity to restore some of the control over the province it lost during the U.S. surge.