Analyst Marko Papic explores the geopolitics behind the EU's plans to create a body to supervise U.S.-based credit rating agencies.

Analyst Kamran Bokhari examines Egypt's pivotal position in the Middle East and growing pressure from Turkey, amid the fallout from Israeli action against a Turkish aid flotilla bound for Gaza.

Analyst Marko Papic discusses the implications of a new citizenship law involving ethnic Hungarians living abroad and nationalism as a symptom of wider European concerns.

Analyst Kamran Bokhari lays out Israel's options for dealing with the Turkish-led aid flotilla en route to Gaza.

STRATFOR analyst Mark Schroeder examines recent Nile River allocation negotiations by Central and East African states and why Egypt is worried about its exclusion.

Afghan government officials and Taliban representatives are meeting in Maldives to discuss a peace deal.

With blame for the March 26 sinking of the ChonAn falling on North Korea, analyst Rodger Baker discusses Seoul's options for reprisal -- and their wider impact on East Asia.

Moderate rainfall in Venezuela has prevented the country’s electricity crisis from turning critical, but the power sector remains in a state of deep disrepair.

For the past few months, Venezuelans have been experiencing rolling blackouts related to weakening electricity infrastructure. The national electrical grid relies heavily on hydropower, and the Guri dam, in eastern Venezuela, is the heart of the system.