Paula la Flame said:
> Who are these guys anyway?
They had several decent overview articles written about them in the wake of the Kosovo War (which seems to have done for them what the Gulf War did for CNN), and they've posted several at their website at www.stratfor.com/media. The two best, I thought, were:
TIME Magazine: http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,18728,00.html
The Industry Standard (an internet business magazine) http://www.thestandard.com/articles/display/0,1449,4876,00.html?mail
The first article says that the operation runs on a "lean staff of 20 based in Austin" several of whom "have military intelligence backgrounds." In other words they are ex-spooks and academics, just like everyone thinks has to be the case based on what they write. And the second tells us that George Friedman's wife Meridith runs the public relations department, thus following in the tradition of fine independent journalistic endeavors everywhere :o)
Michael
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