Stratfor Vice President of Strategic Intelligence Rodger Baker explores North Korea's Feb. 29 pledge to suspend parts of its nuclear development program and allow international inspections in exchange for minor U.S. concessions.

The European Union is Russia's main partner for both investment and trade.

Africa Analyst Adelaide Schwartz examines the oil disputes between Sudan and South Sudan.

Tensions between Moscow and Washington can be attributed to one primary issue: ballistic missile defense (BMD). The United States' BMD systems are scheduled to become operational in Romania in 2015 and in Poland in 2018.

Stratfor's Latin America analyst Karen Hooper discusses the Argentine government's struggle to balance its spending bill against public expectations of energy sector subsidies.

New liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities being built in the Netherlands, France and Poland will diversify Europe's energy import options.

Tehran hopes to use increased oil production in southern Iraq as a way to maintain its influence and revenue against sanctions efforts.

Myanmar has begun developing its natural gas production and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity to take advantage of its large natural gas reserves.

Stratfor analyst Eugene Chausovsky examines the obstacles Ukraine faces in the diversification of its energy sector, including talks with Brazilian energy giant Petrobras and Ukraine's dependence on Russian energy.

Stratfor's Vice President of Strategic Intelligence Rodger Baker and Director of Strategic Intelligence Reva Bhalla discuss China's pursuit of an increasingly diversified energy strategy as tensions over Iran escalate.