Tag: stratfor
Stratfor: Defining al Qaeda
The Obama administration's efforts to counter the threat posed by al Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement have been a contentious topic...
Stratfor: Protest movements as political strategy
Recent protests throughout Sudan are the latest in an ongoing trend of protest movements around the world, from Muslim Brotherhood supporters in...
Stratfor: Insurgency and the Protracted War
In recent weeks, insurgent forces in several countries have been forced to withdraw from territories they once held. Somalia's al Shabaab, which...
Stratfor: NATO’s ordinary future
Whatever one thought of the Libya intervention, the details make for a bad advertisement about NATO. As one U.S. Air Force planner...
Stratfor: The state of the world: Germany’s strategy
The idea of Germany having an independent national strategy runs counter to everything that Germany has wanted to be since World War...
Stratfor: Detection points in the terrorist attack cycle
Last week's Security Weekly discussed the fact that terrorism is a tactic used by many different classes of actors and that, while...
Stratfor: Detection points in the terrorist attack cycle
Last week's Security Weekly discussed the fact that terrorism is a tactic used by many different classes of actors and that,...
Stratfor: The state of the world – explaining US strategy
The fall of the Soviet Union ended the European epoch, the period in which European power dominated the world. It left the...
Stratfor: The myth of the end of terrorism
In this week's Geopolitical Weekly, George Friedman discussed the geopolitical cycles that change with each generation. Frequently, especially in recent years, those...
Stratfor: The State of the World – A Framework
Editor's Note: This is the first installment of a new series on the national strategies of today's global power and other regional...
Presidential pep talk on Armed Forces Day
President Cyril Ramaphosa had his Commander-in-Chief cap on when he addressed the country’s airmen, military medics, sailors and soldiers in Polokwane last Friday.
Sadly, he...
