Geopolitical Futures

Building connections. A train carrying Russian wheat is on its way to Armenia via Azerbaijan, following Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s lifting of restrictions on cargo transit from his country to Armenia. A spokesperson for the Armenian prime minister said the development was in line with the agreement reached in Washington in August to resolve the […]

The United States, China and Russia are the three main powers of the current era that are vying for dominance on the global stage, all with their own sets of imperatives and challenges. In our recent ClubGPF live discussion, GPF Chairman George Friedman examined the three nations and the main issues they currently face: culture wars and political division in the US, a declining economy in China, and a frozen war in Russia.

U.S. plan. The United States has reportedly submitted a draft proposal to the U.N. Security Council on the establishment of an international stabilization force in Gaza. Under the plan,...

Upgrade. The U.S. military is modernizing the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico, which the Navy closed more than 20 years ago, Reuters reported. According to the...

(click to enlarge) Since Sept. 2, the United States has widened its use of kinetic force against maritime drug routes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. To date, the campaign...

“Twelve out of ten.” That’s how President Trump described this week's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping—a bold rating for one of the most consequential diplomatic encounters in years. But what really came out of it? Was this the start of a new trade understanding or just another pause in a brewing confrontation between two global powers? In this episode of Talking Geopolitics, host Christian Smith is joined by GPF Chairman George Friedman, speaking from The Citadel in South Carolina, where he’s a keynote speaker at an open-source intelligence conference. They unpack the U.S.–China meeting - from tariffs to rare earths -, the fragile economics behind Beijing’s export-driven model, and how these developments connect to Friedman’s long-term forecast from his book The Next 100 Years.