Stratfor East Asia analyst John Minnich examines how China's tightening of limits on domestic real estate lending will affect global commodities markets.

Stratfor Europe analyst Adriano Bosoni discusses the fifth anniversary of Kosovo's independence and its implications for Serbia's foreign policy.

Beijing has found its large investment projects in Kachin state increasingly held hostage by ethnic conflicts.

Stratfor's Founder and Chairman George Friedman discusses the most important foreign policy aspects of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.

Stratfor's Vice President of East and South Asia Analysis Rodger Baker explains the implications of the North Korean nuclear test on Pyongyang's relationship with China.

Pyongyang's third nuclear test appears to be its largest to date.

Libya's ongoing political evolution represents a logical return to a system prioritizing local identities and politics over the dictates of a distant government in Tripoli.

Stratfor's Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses the Iranian president's recent visit to Cairo and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's reasons for welcoming him.

Stratfor Latin America analyst Elias Kraushaar explains how the country's past will guide its future after Hugo Chavez.

Stratfor explains Nigeria's primary geographic challenge of managing the competition for natural resources between its ethnically divided regions.