This May was one of the most eventful in history for the United States and the world. In addition to protests over racial inequity and the use of police force that shook major cities here and abroad, the world continued to reel from the dual impacts of a global pandemic and the related economic downturn that caused mass unemployment, bankruptcies and predictions of long-term recession.
In the 2020 spring semester, Stratfor's Vice President of Strategic Analysis Rodger Baker presented challenges to University of Texas at Austin undergraduate STEM students, in cooperation with the university's Inventors Program and LBJ School of Public Affairs Intelligence Studies Project.
Now more than ever, RANE's ability to provide unbiased insights and access to world-class expertise is helping our clients ensure business continuity and make informed decisions.
This pandemic is so unusual, that it has had an effect on the mental health of every person in the United States. That doesn't mean everyone has a mental health disorder, but everyone's mental health is affected.
This months Pen and Sword Book Club Pick is the subject of a podcast: Disunited Nations, with Peter Zeihan
There is no shortage of commentaries, articles or reports highlighting either China’s likely strong gains in international influence; or the contrary view that Beijing will lose strategic clout and the trust of the developing world. But Stratfor and RANE look deeper.
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Call it what you will, there is little excuse for having no strategy to deal with crises and risk.
Stratfor's Decade Forecast includes eight factors that will shape the decade: Reshaping Global Norms; Shifting Trade Patterns; Cyber Fragmentation; Technology Impacts; Climate Issues; Beyond Hydrocarbons; Demographics; and Poverty and Health. Some of these issues will be heightened by the COVID Pandemic.
Stratfor and our parent company RANE (Risk Assistance Network + Exchange) are proud to support the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation and its work to promote the safety of journalists reporting from dangerous areas around the world.
At Stratfor, we considered global and local demographic changes significant enough to place in our decade forecast for the 2020s.Where does COVID-19 fit in?
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