In recent years, Beijing has turned to offshore energy exploration as a means of physically substantiating its territorial claims.

Whoever controls the Zangezur Corridor can project power into the Turkish sphere of influence in Anatolia, the Russian sphere of influence in the intra-Caucasus and directly into the Persian core territories.

Arab states are trying to diversify their export options away from the geopolitically volatile Strait of Hormuz.

Strafor Vice President of Strategic Intelligence Reva Bhalla examines investor interest in developing oil exporting alternatives to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

Resistance to a proposed change to Brazil's oil royalties system is stalling hydrocarbon exploration and production.

Stratfor Vice President of Strategic Intelligence Reva Bhalla examines how Russia's backing of Damascus indirectly allows the U.S. to evade military intervention in Syria.

Growing economic activity along the border has resulted in additional security measures, which could cause tensions with local populations.

China's inability to significantly increase domestic production capacity will make liquefied natural gas import infrastructure even more important.

Stratfor's Vice President of Strategic Intelligence Reva Bhalla discusses the foreign policy implications of the U.S. energy sector's increasing productivity.

The new Nabucco pipeline proposal must compete with several other pipelines in the region.