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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: Developments in Venezuela and the Middle East

Showdown? The United States has reportedly seized a Venezuelan-linked oil tanker sailing through the North Atlantic. The U.S. Coast Guard tried last month to intercept the ship in the Caribbean for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions. The tanker then changed course, sailing toward Europe, and changed its flag to Russian. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal […]

Daily Memo: Russian Recruitment, Iranian and Cuban Condemnation

Involuntary service. Russia is forcibly sending foreign laborers to the front lines in Ukraine, according to a report by Azerbaijani news agency APA. In one account, 250 construction workers...

Israel Recognizes Somaliland’s Independence

(click to enlarge) More than three decades after Somaliland claimed independence from Somalia, Israel became the first country to recognize its separation. It was a long road to get here....

Daily Memo: Update on Venezuela, Growing Protests in Iran

In the aftermath. Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez invited the U.S. to “work together on an agenda for cooperation” in a statement released Sunday, a day after U.S. forces...

Daily Memo: Russia’s Advance in Ukraine, Turkey’s Support for Somalia

Ukraine assessment. The Russian army has captured 700 square kilometers (270 square miles) of Ukrainian territory in the past month, Russia's General Staff chief, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, claimed. He...

Daily Memo: Zelenskyy’s Concessions, Iranian Unrest

Ukrainian compromise. Ukraine might be ready to withdraw from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions if voters give their consent via referendum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in...

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