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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Daily Memo: Sweden Clears Hurdles to Join NATO
Sweden’s NATO bid. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to lift his government’s veto on Sweden’s admission to NATO. In an apparent quid pro quo, the White House said it would work with Congress to “move forward” with the transfer of F-16s to Turkey. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov downplayed Turkey’s decision while reiterating Russia’s strong […]
Daily Memo: Turkey in the Middle, Yellen’s China Tour
Turkish brokerage. Following a trip to Turkey, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced over the weekend the return of five commanders who were captured by Russian forces while defending the...
Investment in Clean Energy Is Booming
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The International Energy Agency expects $2.8 trillion of investment in energy this year, with roughly 60 percent of that going toward clean energy. In the past two...
Daily Memo: Chinese Minerals, Russian Mercenaries
U.S. concerns. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed concern about China’s newly announced export controls on two critical minerals used in technologies like semiconductors during a meeting with U.S....
Daily Memo: Xi Calls for Action Following Heavy Rain
Flooding in China. Chinese President Xi Jinping called on authorities to step up emergency responses to heavy rains that have already killed over a dozen people in the southwestern...
Daily Memo: Chinese Export Controls, SCO Summit
Beijing retaliates. China imposed export controls on gallium and germanium, two minor metals used in everything from semiconductors to solar panels to sensors in defense systems. From Aug. 1,...
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Population Density of Canada
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Canada is one of those countries where a vast land mass obscures the fact that the country has a relatively small population. While Canada is the second largest country in the world, its 35 million inhabitants make Canada only the 39th most populated country.
Live Updates on Ukraine War
All times are approximate local time in Kyiv (GMT+2).
Friday, March 11
11:30 a.m.: The EU's foreign policy chief said the bloc would double its spending...
How the Ukraine War Will Likely End
FREEAs we consider how the war in Ukraine will end, we must first understand how it began. Russia invaded for geostrategic reasons – having...
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