Stratfor - Russia Finds Out Who Its Friends Are

June 12, 2017 The Brief   The annual Levada poll has traditionally been a good reflection of Russia's global standing and of the Kremlin's relationship with the Russian public. This year's results offer particular insight.   Essential Reading Should the U.S. Government Negotiate for Hostages? A study on ransom payments found that kidnapped Americans are more likely to die than other Westerners. Sudan's Struggle to Win U.S. Approval   Khartoum has been working to turn a new leaf in international relations, and the potential lifting of sanctions may help it along. Red China Goes Green  The strategic gains that stricter environmental policies promise may help Beijing implement them more quickly.   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.

Russia's Geographic Challenge Stratfor explains the geographic impetus behind Russia's need for regional dominance and its implications for global politics.

Stratfor Store Reports The Geopolitics of Maritime Chokepoints   This report explores 11 of the world's most important chokepoints, each of which plays a vital role in geopolitics.  Mapping Out the Trump Era  In this report, Stratfor cuts through the noise to show that geopolitics trumps politics.

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