This is an internal Stratfor document listing significant meetings and events for the next week.
Mutual economic and energy interests have led Japan and Russia to put aside a long-standing dispute.
A new Euroskeptical party has prompted debate about the euro.
Public discussion of two officials who died under Party discipline may be a sign of a bolder anti-corruption drive.
A return to conservative rule could distance the island nation from the European Union.
Asuncion's options in trade relationships are constrained by geography.
Efforts to link Brazil's interior with the coast will not solve all of its transportation problems.
The restriction aims to increase government revenue and revitalize the economy.
Political instability will not end when the government and opposition reach a compromise on a vote recount.