South Africa's transport infrastructure cannot match its coal export capacity.

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

Electricity is being produced, but without a more effective transmission network it often has nowhere to go.

Though fractured and weak, militant group Shining Path can still threaten Peru's national interests.

A new Czech-Polish natural gas link and potential asset transfer highlight Warsaw's increasing importance.

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

Hungary's rejection of an EU natural gas pipeline project illustrates frustration by Eastern European countries.

Arab states' vitriolic response to a recent visit to Abu Musa by Iran's president plays into Tehran's regional strategy.

Increased economic cooperation with China gives Belarus an important economic partner in addition to Russia.

ExxonMobil is one of a few companies with the technology to develop Russia's untapped oil deposits.