Geopolitical Futures

New order. Israel and the United States are in talks on a deal that would prevent an expanded Israeli ground operation in Lebanon in exchange for Washington’s support of a sea, land and air embargo that will prevent Hezbollah from rearming itself, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12. The negotiations are being conducted […]

Results are in. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili vowed not to recognize the results of parliamentary elections held over the weekend that saw the governing Georgian Dream party win 53.9...

At GPF we have a distinct method for looking at the world, and every day we see this model play out in real time, like in the current conflicts in the Middle East. In this ClubGPF live discussion, Chairman George Friedman discusses the relationship between current conflicts and the dangers of non-state actors like Hezbollah and Hamas.

Future of the PKK. The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, said he would consider calling for the group to disarm if his prison conditions...

China and India. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks on the sidelines of the BRICS summit on Wednesday, just days after the two...

Barriers to delivery. The head of Russia’s state-owned Rostec defense corporation, Sergei Chemezov, said the firm could stop exporting high-tech products, in part because of Russia’s high interest rate,...