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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WTO Downgrades Global Trade Forecast

(click to enlarge) Global trade this year hasn't lived up to expectations. Last month, the World Trade Organization published its updated Global Trade Outlook in which it downgraded its projection...

Daily Memo: US-India Ties, Sanctions Enforcement

The U.S. and India. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said U.S.-Indian relations are the strongest they’ve ever been during a meeting in New Delhi on Friday with India’s...

Daily Memo: Disagreements Over Postwar Gaza, US-China Arms Control Talks

Someone else’s problem. Rebuffing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remark about an indefinite Israeli security presence in the Gaza Strip, the U.S. proposed that the Palestinian Authority should administer...

Daily Memo: Turkey-Israel Relations, Saudi Summits

Discord. Ties between Turkey and Israel are deteriorating. On Wednesday, Turkey's energy minister said talks on energy-related projects with Israel would be conditioned on a cease-fire in Gaza. According...

Daily Memo: China and Australia Mend Ties, Iran’s Meeting With Hezbollah

Reboot. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held talks in Beijing on Monday in another sign of easing tensions between the two countries after years...

Daily Memo: Russian Nuclear Inspections, Ukraine Peace Talks

No more inspections. Russia will not resume inspections under the New START arms control treaty with the U.S. unless Washington stops supplying Ukraine with long-range weapons, Russian Foreign Minister...

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