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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Geopolitics in the 21st Century | The Rise of Geoeconomics
On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, we continue our subscriber-only limited series Geopolitics in the 21st Century. After the pandemic and war in Ukraine accelerated changes in the world economy and encouraged the weaponization of economics, Senior Analyst Antonia Colibășanu joins host Christian Smith for a discussion on why geoeconomics is set to dominate the 21st century.
Europe’s Stagnant Economy
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Europe's economy stalled in the second quarter of 2023, registering no growth at the European Union level and growth of just 0.1 percent in the eurozone. Industrial...
Daily Memo: Turkish-Azerbaijani Energy Deal, Eurozone Inflation
Closer ties. Turkey and Azerbaijan signed a deal on a roadmap to build energy trading infrastructure between the two countries. Earlier this week, during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s...
France and the Sahel
Is the recent coup in Niger a turning point in the geopolitics of Africa’s Sahel region? What could this mean for France? Analyst Ronan Wordsworth joins host Christian Smith for a discussion on the past, present and future of Franco-African relations.
Daily Memo: Nagorno-Karabakh Update, British Energy Project
Beginning of the end. The president of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Samvel Shahramanyan, signed a decree dissolving all state institutions beginning Jan. 1, 2024. This comes about a week...
Daily Memo: The US and Africa, Japan and Central Asia
African defense tour. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Angolan President Joao Lourenco in Luanda to discuss ways to reinforce bilateral military and security cooperation. Austin also...
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