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: Germany’s Economic Forecast, Hungary’s Russian Gas Imports
Downgrade. The German government’s latest economic forecast projects a 0.2 percent contraction in gross domestic product this year, a downgrade from its April forecast of 0.3 percent growth. If the new projection is accurate, it will be Germany’s second consecutive year of economic decline. Economy Minister Robert Habeck conceded that, despite progress in addressing short-term […]
Daily Memo: Developments on the Korean Peninsula, Russia-Armenia Tensions
Cutting ties. North Korea’s military said it will cut off road and railway connections to South Korea, according to a report by North Korean state media. It further said...
Daily Memo: Seoul Accuses Pyongyang of Planning Ukraine Deployment
North Korean mission. North Korea will likely deploy troops to Ukraine to support Russia’s war effort there, South Korea’s defense minister said on Tuesday. The minister added that it’s...
Daily Memo: Russia’s Nuclear Industry, Germany’s Arms Exports
Kazakh doubts. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said construction and operation of a future nuclear power plant in the country should be entrusted to an international consortium. The comment, which...
Dark Clouds Over the Russian Economy
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International sanctions, disrupted logistics, rising prices and inflation expectations, and the difficulties of replacing banned imports with homegrown substitutes have placed heavy strain on the Russian economy....
Daily Memo: Russia Comments on Armenia and Plans to Delist Taliban
Security matters. Top security officials from the Russia-led Commonwealth of Independent States are holding a summit in Kazakhstan. At the gathering, the chief of Russia’s FSB intelligence agency, Alexander...
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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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