Geopolitical Futures

Nuclear ambitions. Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering a bid from a Chinese firm to build a nuclear power plant, a move that could draw criticism from Washington. According to the Wall Street Journal, the state-owned China National Nuclear Corp submitted a proposal to construct a nuclear facility in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, though this hasn’t […]

Enlargement. At the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, the leaders of the member states invited six countries – Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia –...

Turkey and Iraq. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday to hold talks with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on the fight against terrorism and expanding...

The BRICS meets. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived on Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa, where he will attend the 15th BRICS summit. He will also co-chair the China-Africa Leaders'...

Bloc expansion? Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, spoke by phone on Sunday ahead of a summit of the BRICS grouping, which Iran...

Talking Geopolitics host Christian Smith recently sat down with GPF Chairman George Friedman for a deeper look at the current movements, motives and potential outcomes of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing friction between the US and China. In today’s bonus clip, Dr. Friedman explains how US- China relations and US-Russia relations are in many ways interconnected.