Geopolitical Futures

Bolstering ties. The head of U.S. Africa Command, Gen. Michael Langley, is visiting Benin to strengthen relations with the West African country. The United States is looking for reliable partners in the region after the military junta in Niger demanded in March that nearly 1,000 U.S. troops based in the country leave. On Friday, Reuters […]

Plan B. Saudi Arabia is reportedly pushing for a modified security pact deal with the United States without signing a normalization agreement with Israel. Riyadh and Washington originally planned...

Geopolitical and national security threats are constantly changing and evolving, sometimes it’s hard to keep up. In this ClubGPF live discussion, Rear Admiral (ret) Douglas Fears, Former U.S. Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to the President joined GPF Chairman George Friedman to discuss a wide range of threats from cyber to denial of service, malign influences in social media and ballistic missile defense.

Moving forward. Israel is considering sending a delegation, led by Mossad chief David Barnea, to Cairo in the coming days to discuss a cease-fire in Gaza, the Wall Street...

Europe sleepwalking. Europe is increasingly dependent on Russian fertilizers, the head of a major producer of nitrogen-based mineral fertilizers told the Financial Times. Svein Tore Holsether, the chief executive...

Georgian unrest. Protests erupted in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Sunday against a bill that would force non-governmental organizations and media outlets that receive more than 20 percent...