Geopolitical Futures

Moldova’s patron in Romania. The defense ministers of Romania and Moldova met on Monday in Chisinau, where they discussed regional security and ways Romania could help modernize Moldova’s army. (The government in Bucharest recently delivered bulletproof vests and tactical SUVs.) They also addressed Moldova’s potential accession to the Defense Ministers of Southeastern Europe, a defense […]

Ukraine talks. Officials from more than 40 countries attended Ukraine peace talks over the weekend, hosted by Saudi Arabia and excluding Russia. A peace plan presented by Kyiv called...

Danger. The leaders of a military coup in Niger refused to meet a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States, which traveled to the country in a...

Pakistan's allies. Pakistan’s Cabinet has approved the renewal of a security pact with the United States, according to Pakistani media. The deal, which was originally signed in 2005 but...

On this episode of Talking Geopolitics we begin a subscriber-only limited series on some of the key issues in geopolitics today. Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith 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.

Tempers flare. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intervened Wednesday in an escalating diplomatic rift between Kyiv and the Polish government, urging calm and expressing gratitude for Warsaw’s support against Russia’s...