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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George Friedman on The John Batchelor Show: Ukraine War Escalation and Shangri-La Spies

The idea that the war in Ukraine can be wrapped up quickly is a bygone notion. Following the recent collapse of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins John Batchelor to discuss the ways in which the war has escalated, and where it may go from here. And in the second segment, what happened when the heads of intelligence of two dozen countries held a meeting in Singapore?

Daily Memo: US Seeks to Repair Ties With Saudi Arabia

Blinken’s Saudi visit. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on day two of a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia focused on boosting U.S. cooperation with the kingdom and...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Dam Attack, Indian Battery Plant

Dam destruction. The Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station in a Russian-occupied area of southern Ukraine were destroyed on Tuesday. Ukraine accused Russia of blowing up the dam. The...

Daily Memo: Polish Protests, Turkish Deployment

Uproar in Poland. Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Warsaw and other cities on Sunday, the 34th anniversary of Poland’s first democratic elections. It...

Food Insecurity: Outlook for 2023

(click to enlarge) Over the course of 2022, global food prices gradually began to ease. However, this wasn’t necessarily reflected in prices at local markets in countries experiencing food insecurity....

Antonia Colibasanu on The John Batchelor Show: G-7 and Containment of China

At this year's G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, the advanced economies delivered their most detailed articulation yet of a shared position on Beijing. Antonia Colibasanu joined John Batchelor to discuss the event and its implications for addressing China's aggression, and ways to reduce overreliance on China for production of goods all while navigating a global economic war.

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