Never before have the U.S. State Department and CIA had to protect so many people in such a hostile environment without direct U.S. military assistance.

The ongoing unrest in Syria has prompted an examination of possible actions outside forces can take against the al Assad regime.

A kind of "cold war" between the United States and Iran has been under way for years, but the tempo of visible events seems to be increasing.

The specifics of the Nov. 26 cross-border incident are becoming increasingly irrelevant. The incident is merely a symptom of larger issues that remain unresolved.

Absent U.S. help, the current trend of increased Mexican cartel influence and violence in Central America is unlikely to decrease.

While a reported plot by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram to attack hotels frequented by foreigners in Abuja did not come to fruition, the group appears to be honing its terrorist skills.

The repercussions from the online activist collective Anonymous' previous operations never have been as grave as in its present campaign against the Mexican cartel Los Zetas.

The detonation of explosives inside a vehicle in the Mexican city of Monterrey provides a useful occasion to discuss STRATFOR's methodology for analyzing tactical events.

As history has shown, it is not unusual for Iran to employ unconventional assassins in plots inside the United States.

Ten years after 9/11, the uneasy balance between security and civil rights seems to be shifting back toward the latter in New York.