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Stratfor is a subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis. Individual and corporate subscribers gain a thorough understanding of international affairs, including what’s happening, why it’s happening, and what will happen next.

Unlike traditional news outlets, Stratfor uses a unique, intelligence-based approach to gathering information via rigorous open-source monitoring and a global network of human sources. Analysts then evaluate events looking through the objective lens of geopolitics. Our goal is simple: to make the complexity of the world understandable to an intelligent readership, without ideology, agenda or national bias.

• Founded in 1996 by bestselling author George Friedman
• Headquartered in Austin, Texas
• Privately owned
• Publishes analysis via a subscribers-only website and customized email updates
• Subscribers range from military officers to investment professionals, from graduate students to retirees