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: Conflict With Hezbollah, Russia Embracing Crypto

Israel vs. Hezbollah. At a meeting with Amos Hochstein, a special adviser to the U.S. president, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant effectively ruled out the possibility of a diplomatic resolution to the situation in northern Israel, noting that so long as Hezbollah associates itself with Hamas, military action is the only way forward. Hochstein said […]

Daily Memo: Putin’s Latest Military Decree, Georgian Politics

Russian defense. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to increase the country’s military staff from 2.2 million to roughly 2.4 million. As part of the order, the country's...

China Exports Its Way to Growth

(click to enlarge) China's latest data show rapid export growth but weak domestic demand, resulting in poor import numbers. This highlights Beijing's challenge: boosting overall growth without over-relying on exports...

Graphic Essay: Emerging Technologies

From the wheel to the internal combustion engine, new technologies have, for better or worse, fundamentally transformed our society. The emerging technologies listed have the potential to do the...

Daily Memo: Israeli Operation in Syria, Developments in North Korea

High stakes. Israeli special forces carried out a raid this week on a facility in Syria that produced weapons for Hezbollah, The New York Times reported. According to the...

Daily Memo: Pezeshkian Travels to Iraq, Hamas Negotiates in Qatar

Iran-Iraq relations. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Iraq on Wednesday for a two-day visit, his first trip abroad since taking office in July. He held talks with Iraqi...

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