Horizons Blog

This is part one of a three-part series in which guest columnists discuss U.S. efforts to reform export controls and the role those controls play in U.S. foreign policy.

In this guest column, Patrick Schaefer, the Executive Director of the Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness, discusses a strategy for derisking the cross-border banking industry between the United States and Mexico.

Stratfor's Rodger Baker presents a roundtable hosted by the Alaska Federation of Natives with analysis of China's growing investment in the Arctic and where the United States falls among the unprecedented interest in the region.

Fred Burton, Stratfor's chief security officer and host of the Pen and Sword podcast, shares his favorite spy books, both fiction and non-fiction.

In this column, Charles Dorrance, shares his thoughts about assuming and avoiding risk. Dorrance is a high-speed desert truck racer and owner of 3 Bears Racing.

"You're giving back to the community; side, side-by-side with locals, as equals, on some project that they've chosen, that's important to them," says Kimberly Haley-Coleman, Founder and Executive Director of Globe Aware.

"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link," writes Kenneth Senser, Principal at Senser Consulting Group LLC and former Senior Vice President of Walmart.

With Enterprise, organizations can now map and monitor geopolitical risk in countries around the world with the click of a button.

Essential calls include why temporary truces won't end the trade war between the U.S. and China; how the global economy will be affected by regional developments; and how a strategic refocusing of U.S. military power will shape the global security environment.

Stratfor's best-selling author Fred Burton speaks about his latest book, Beirut Rules, at the World Affairs Council in Dallas on March 5, at and at SXSW in Austin on March 8. In the meantime, we're pleased to share Chapter One of this incredible story in its entirety.

Fred Burton to share security expertise as advisor to The Center for Mass Violence Response Studies.

Ted Obenchain will serve as Vice President of Business Development and oversee a diverse strategic growth portfolio for Stratfor.