Geopolitical Futures

Victory Day. The leaders of seven former Soviet states – Armenia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan – arrived in Moscow to attend Victory Day celebrations on Tuesday. Ahead of the official parade, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov on Monday. They discussed bilateral relations and cooperation on trade […]

Targeting China. The European Union is considering imposing sanctions on Chinese companies that sell equipment that could be used by Russia to produce weapons, according to the Financial Times....

(click to enlarge) South America has some of the largest lithium deposits in the world. Chile, Argentina and Bolivia collectively account for 53 percent of the world’s lithium reserves and...

Progress. Armenia and Azerbaijan made progress toward resolving their differences during talks between their foreign ministers in Washington this week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Armenia’s Foreign...

Update on a treaty. The United States and the Philippines agreed to new bilateral defense guidelines during a meeting between both countries’ presidents on Wednesday. The document, an update...

In George Friedman's 2009 book The Next 100 Years, he predicted that Poland, Turkey, and Japan would become rising middle powers. He joins John Batchelor to discuss Poland's rise and the factors that contribute to its strength and success. And in the second segment, the Philippines and its unique challenges and potential on the opposite end of Eurasia.