By Stratfor – China Remains in the US Crosshairs. The United States will impose tariffs, sanctions and blocks on investment and research in a bid to frustrate China's development of strategic technologies.
By Stratfor – Canada has a trade war on its hands — and it is one entirely of its own making. For the past four months, two of its western provinces, Alberta and British Columbia, have been exchanging blows over an expansion to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain...
By Stratfor – The race has well and truly begun. China, the United States, South Korea and a handful of telecommunications companies are rolling up their sleeves to develop, test and deploy the technology that will drive the world’s economy in the decade...
By Stratfor – With a directive from the central government and a less restrictive regulatory environment, China has been at the forefront of using CRISPR for health care purposes. Chinese scientists were the first to edit the genome of a human embryo...
By Stratfor – In December 2017, US President Donald Trump signed into law his country's first major tax reform since the Reagan era. Sometimes new legislation is seismic in its effects, directly altering the playing field...
By Stratfor – The White House Takes on the World: The White House will bump up against the laws of the United States and the central tenets of the World Trade Organization as it launches a global trade offensive in the name...
By Stratfor – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has set late April as the date for the third inter-Korean summit, to be held in Panmunjom. Kim said he would be willing to hold talks with the United States geared toward normalization of...
By Stratfor – Cryptocurrencies and, more broadly, the mechanism that underpins them — distributed ledger technology — continue to emerge in importance. One key trend within that sphere is the creation and adoption of cryptocurrencies by...
By Stratfor – The United States and Brazil might have switched their ideas about trade, but that hasn't brought them any closer to finding agreement. For the longest time, Washington pushed for free trade in the Americas, only to...
By Stratfor – For several years now, concerns about the United States' crumbling infrastructure have garnered cross-party support within the country's government. There is no question that US roads, bridges, airports and...
By Stratfor – The United States is already in the middle of its next great war — even if it's only just starting to realize it. In the latest National Security Strategy, the White House highlighted China's growing technological prowess...
By Stratfor – As the European Court of Justice deliberates, other jurisdictions around the world are also grappling with the potential regulatory changes that may come from advances in genetic technology. The United States, for example, has traditionally...
By Stratfor – The United States spent 2017 laying the groundwork needed to aggressively pressure China on trade and investment in 2018. Now it appears the pressure is on. On Jan. 17, InsideTrade reported that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump...
By Stratfor – Stratfor forecasts key geopolitical trends that will shape the global balance of power by the quarter, year and decade. Below is an overview of Stratfor’s 2018 Annual Forecast. The complete forecast is available...
By Stratfor – On Dec. 11, Vice's Motherboard ran a story discussing how advances in artificial intelligence have made it possible to digitally superimpose celebrities' faces onto other actors' bodies with an algorithm.
By Stratfor – After a 75-day hiatus in testing, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 29. The device was launched from Sain Ni near Pyongyang and flew a distance of 960 kilometers...
By Stratfor – As most of the world focuses on the political impact of Zimbabwe's coup, a select group of analysts and technology watchers is scrutinizing the effects of the government upset on cryptocurrencies in developing...
By Stratfor – The United States is ramping up efforts to strengthen South Korea's military. On the second leg of US President Donald Trump's Asia-Pacific tour, South Korea, and the United States announced an agreement to...
Stratfor – The phrase "self-driving car" is a bit of a misnomer. Despite what the name suggests, automated vehicles do have a driver — just not the kind we're used to. Developing a computer that is robust enough to operate...
By Stratfor – Technologies can rarely be called truly revolutionary or disruptive, but gene-editing technology, specifically CRISPR, is an invention Stratfor believes could be just that. Even in its earliest stages, CRISPR...
