Geopolitical Futures
Geopolitical Futures (GPF) was founded in 2015 by George Friedman, international strategist and author of The Storm Before the Calm and The Next 100 Years. GPF is non-ideological, analyzes the world and forecasts the future using geopolitics: political, economic, military and geographic dimensions at the foundation of a nation.
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Daily Memo: Philippines Reaffirms Maritime Claims, World Leaders React to US Election
Rocking the boat. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws that reasserted the limits of the country’s maritime and resource claims, including in the South China Sea. The Philippine Maritime Zones Act delimits parts of the Philippines’ territory and territorial waters where the country has sovereignty under international law, while the Philippine Archipelagic Sea […]
Daily Memo: German Government Reshuffle, Myanmar-China Relations
On the brink. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed his finance minister on Wednesday, a move that could trigger snap elections. With the firing of Christian Lindner, who represents the...
Daily Memo: US Warning for Iraq, UK-South Africa Talks
Stern caution. The Biden administration has warned the Iraqi government to prevent Iran from striking Israel from its territory, Axios reported. According to the news outlet, Washington told Baghdad...
Daily Memo: Ukraine-Poland Spat, North Korea’s Latest Test-Launch
Rising tensions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is trying to “drag Poland into the war with Russia,” Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Jawkowski said. Jawkowski suggested that Ukraine wants to...
Daily Memo: Iran Considers Its Options
Iran’s verbal response. Iran has begun to respond to the Israeli attack, albeit with words only. Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to the supreme leader of Iran, said Tehran may...
The Financial Cost of Climate Change
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Insurance losses from natural disasters in the first half of 2024 were greater than the gross domestic product of more than half the countries in the world....
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Population Density of Canada
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Canada is one of those countries where a vast land mass obscures the fact that the country has a relatively small population. While Canada is the second largest country in the world, its 35 million inhabitants make Canada only the 39th most populated country.
Live Updates on Ukraine War
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Friday, March 11
11:30 a.m.: The EU's foreign policy chief said the bloc would double its spending...
How the Ukraine War Will Likely End
FREEAs we consider how the war in Ukraine will end, we must first understand how it began. Russia invaded for geostrategic reasons – having...
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