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: Trump Questions NATO

End of an era? In an interview published by the Telegraph on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to pull the United States out of NATO. He accused NATO allies of not supporting the U.S. in Iran despite Washington’s assistance to Europe in the Russia-Ukraine war. Responding to the comments, the British prime minister said […]

Iran Update: The Strait of Hormuz Crisis and the Future of War

As we enter the second month of war in the Middle East, bombs continue to fly, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens a global crisis. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss the military pressures facing Washington and Tehran, the expanding scope of the conflict, and what it can tell us about the future of war.

Iran Update: The Strait of Hormuz Crisis and the Future of War

As we enter the second month of war in the Middle East, bombs continue to fly, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens a global crisis. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss the military pressures facing Washington and Tehran, the expanding scope of the conflict, and what it can tell us about the future of war.

Daily Memo: France-Japan Meeting, Russia-Armenia Talks

Minerals cooperation. France and Japan signed a roadmap to cooperate on critical minerals during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Tokyo. The two countries also agreed to secure supplies...

Daily Memo: US-Saudi Ties, Israeli Plans for Lebanon

Nuclear cooperation. The White House last month sent a report to Congress laying out the case for sharing nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg reported. The arrangement would include...

Daily Memo: Mediation Efforts, Oil Supplies for Cuba

Brokering peace? The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia held two days of talks in Islamabad on Sunday on possible ways to end the Iran war. The...

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