Weekly Forecasts
Zachary Fillingham - Aug 30, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
The anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII has come and gone with two noteworthy developments: no visits from the Japanese cabinet to the Yasukuni Shrine and a strongly-worded apology from Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
Zachary Fillingham - Aug 23, 10
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The appearance of four bodies hanging from a bridge in Cuernavaca serves as a grim reminder that Mexico’s drug war is far from over.
Zachary Fillingham - Aug 16, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
General Petraeus’ announcement that won’t necessarily honor a 2011 pullout date for NATO forces in Afghanistan is aimed at re-taking the initiative on negotiations with the Taliban.
Zachary Fillingham - Aug 09, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
Severe flooding in Pakistan has created a dangerous situation for the already-beleaguered civilian government in Islamabad.
Zachary Fillingham - Aug 02, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
While the usual international posturing on the Arctic continues unabated, signs are beginning to emerge that Canada and the United States might be able to put their differences behind them.
Zachary Fillingham - Jul 26, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
This weekend’s massive leak of classified information on the war in Afghanistan will probably come to be seen as the leak that broke the war’s back.
Zachary Fillingham - Jul 19, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
It seems that the days of a Chinese foreign policy based on not ‘rocking the boat’ are over. Over the next few years, expect Beijing to increasingly assert itself as a global power.
Zachary Fillingham - Jul 12, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
This weekend’s double bombing in Kampala bears all the hallmarks of an al-Shabab attack. It seems that Somalia’s homegrown strain of the Taliban has struck outside its own borders for the very first time.
Zachary Fillingham - Jul 05, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
Iraq’s political stalemate continues to jeopardize its long-term security outlook.
Zachary Fillingham - Jun 28, 10
Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events
A lack of progress on pressing global issues after the Toronto summit is calling the effectiveness of the G20 into question.
