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: Russia’s Nuclear Policy, Israel’s View on a Cease-fire

Changes. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin is considering revising its rules on when it would use nuclear weapons. He made the comments following a meeting with the Security Council focused on updating Russia’s nuclear deterrence policy. Putin said Moscow could consider using nuclear weapons if it receives “reliable information” about a massive launch […]

Daily Memo: Russian Agricultural Exports, US-Egypt Weapons Deal

Sales boost. Russian agricultural exports have increased by 7 percent so far this year compared to the same period last year. According to Russia’s minister of agriculture, exports are...

Daily Memo: China’s Economy, Iran’s Stance on Ukraine

Stimulus. China’s central bank announced on Tuesday a new package of measures meant to stimulate the country’s economy. Central bank Gov. Pan Gongsheng said the bank would cut the...

Daily Memo: Update on Israel and Lebanon, Possible Sanctions on Georgian ex-Leader

Escalation. Israel is intensifying its airstrikes against Hezbollah, hitting 300 targets on Monday, according to the Israeli military. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that his country was “deepening”...

Ecuador’s Power Crisis

(click to enlarge) Ecuador is grappling with a 1,000-megawatt energy shortfall due to poor maintenance of existing dams, failure to secure new power generation contracts and the worst drought in...

Daily Memo: No Consensus on EU-China EVs Dispute

No deal. China and the European Union failed to agree on a solution to their dispute over government subsidies for Chinese electric vehicle makers. EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis...

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