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

The United States and Canada may be about to embark on negotiations toward a complex deal over oil-sands crude, which could have repercussions for Venezuela and for global greenhouse gas policy.

As Brazil's trade relations with Argentina collapse, the South American giant has a chance to restructure its regional relationships for the better.

Canada's Liberal Party expressed support for the ruling Conservative Party's budget and economic stimulus package, but that support comes with conditions.

China's recently announced stimulus package is aimed more at long-term development than short-term growth.

As the global financial crisis expands in the United States and Europe, the Asian financial system remains full of cash and not as vulnerable to the credit crunch proper.

Police are still investigating two pipeline bombings that took place the week of Oct. 12 in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The Conservative Party of Canada has won Canada's Oct. 14 election, results released Oct. 15 show.

The "Chinese miracle" has been a leading economic story for several years now. But the idea of an inevitable Chinese juggernaut is a myth.