This is an interesting piece on how people other than peace activists are using the internet in this period. The article doesn't highlight the impact of the Internet on Stratfor, but from my experience, it has been its web presence that has had the greatest impact in its diffusion. http://webreprints.djreprints.com/707830853467.html March 14, 2003 Dow Jones WebReprint Service(r) How Wall Street Now Acquires Intelligence on the War Scene By SUSAN PULLIAM Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AUSTIN, Texas - George Friedman stands with three young analysts in front of a 10-foot map of Iraq tacked on the wall of the downtown offices of his intelligence firm. Talk quickly turns to sandstorms in the Iraqi desert. "Check for me the earliest in April that the sandstorms can start," Mr. Friedman says to one of the analysts here at Strategic Forecasting Inc., or Stratfor, which analyzes geopolitical events for private clients. Then he hurries down the hall to begin preparing for a conference call with 11 energy traders, hedge funds and Wall Street analysts. The callers are eager to know Mr. Friedman's opinion on whether there will be a war with Iraq and when it will begin. A. Randolph Kluver School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University 31 Nanyang Link Singapore, 637718 (65) 6790-5770 Fax (65) 6792-4329