The Brief
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Protests
have swept across Russia once again, and the Kremlin has wasted no time
in moving to quash them. Demonstrators, many of whom were answering the
calls of prominent Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny, flooded into the
streets of more than 145 cities across the country on June 12 to demand
an end to corruption, better standards of living and some form of
democracy.
Essential Reading
In the Philippines, the Islamic State Fights to Set the Narrative
As
a bid to claim territory, the jihadist siege on Marawi City failed. As a
propaganda opportunity, on the other hand, the gambit may yet succeed.
A History of the Olympic Spy Games For
years, the CIA and KGB defied the event's political neutrality to wage
Cold War, and the Sochi Games show that intelligence agencies still find
the event an attractive target.
Watch and Listen
Podcast: The Geopolitics of Baseball This
episode explores the geopolitics of baseball with Professors Tolga
Ozyurtcu and Thomas Hunt from the Department of Kinesiology and Health
Education at The University of Texas at Austin, regular contributors to
Stratfor Worldview’s series on the geopolitics of sports. 
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