Stratfor's organizing theme for its 1999 Annual Forecast is found in the title: "A New and Dangerous World." That concept remains valid and the fundamental trends identified within that theme remain intact.

Current troubles only serve to underscore long-standing weaknesses in the Russian system of government. Will Putin have the vision to lead his nation? Will Russians demand a stronger leader?

U.S. and European intelligence agencies are reporting mounting evidence that Russia and China have massively violated the 1972 Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention, and subsequent international and bilateral agreements to control biowarfare weapons.

President Bill Clinton had a sign taped to his desk at the beginning of his first term in office that read, "It's the Economy, Stupid."

President Bill Clinton had a sign taped to his desk at the beginning of his first term in office that read, "It's the Economy, Stupid."

A look at three key trends: globalization, religious ecumenism and global power shifts.

Commentary on the events in Yugoslavia

Russia continues to supply weapons to Iraq while hoping Germany and Japan respond with economic help.

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The close of the Cold War period nearly 10 years ago was more than only a victory for the Western powers.

On Monday, December 21, Russia called for a strategic triangle with India and China, and its defense minister urged closer military cooperation between former Soviet republics after U.S.-British air attacks on Iraq.

Russia has devalued the rubble at a time of apocalyptic predictions about the state of the Russian economy. Some observers are warning that the Russian financial crisis "could spin out of control as banks collapse."

Romanov burial exposes rift in Russia. An attempt to bring closure on one of the most sordid affairs of the 20th century.

According to a senior advisor to Russian president Boris Yeltsin, an unspecified number of small nuclear weapons were diverted to the KGB in the late 1970s and early 1980s-subsequently being omitted from arms inventories.

The collapse of the U.S.S.R. has led to major social changes and a potentially major population decline, according to observers.

In this election year, suddenly old problems are reemerging that seem beyond the president's control. Problems in the Far East, Russia and the Middle East are back with us as if they had never gone away.