Geopolitical Futures

Ground operation. The Israeli military announced on Tuesday the launch of “limited, localized and targeted raids” in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border. The operation reportedly aims to destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure, which poses an “immediate threat” to Israeli residents in the border area. On Monday evening, the Israeli military declared the areas around three towns […]

The European far right has had one of their best electoral years since the Second World War. In elections in the EU, Austria, Germany, France and beyond, far or hard right parties have all done exceedingly well. What is behind the rise in popularity, and what could it mean for European geopolitics? GPF Senior Analyst Antonia Colibasanu and Analyst Ronan Wordsworth join host Christian Smith to understand the moment and plot what comes next.

Ratcheting up. Israel launched rare airstrikes in the center of Beirut early Monday, escalating the conflict with Hezbollah. Days after killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the Israeli military said...

(click to enlarge) The European Union's economic growth rate slowed in the second quarter, though the bloc's gross domestic product was 0.2 percent higher compared with the previous three-month period....

Coalescing opposition. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a network of Iran-backed militias, would consider the United Arab Emirates the first target of attack if a full-scale war breaks out...

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...