The trend is part of Turkey's regional ascendance.

Once a security buffer for Russia, Siberia's present-day significance lies more in its natural resource wealth.

Coalition members will work out their differences internally to avoid dissolution and snap elections.

Strategic competition between China and India will continue in the Indian Ocean rather than in the Himalayas.

An exodus of highly skilled laborers could prove problematic for some European countries.

Myanmar's entrenched economic interests and weak judicial system will make it hard to attract foreign capital.

The Geopolitical Calendar is an internal Stratfor document listing significant meetings and events for the next week.

This is the fifth in a series of monographs on the geopolitics of countries influential in world affairs. (With Stratfor maps)

Spain's nationwide strike March 29 represents one of the Spanish government's political, social and economic challenges.

Trade tensions in the four-member Latin American trading bloc Mercosur are running high, with long-term damaging implications.