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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China as a Lender of Last Resort
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China has become a major rescue lender for heavily indebted countries. In 2022, loans to countries in debt distress accounted for 60 percent of China’s overseas lending...
Daily Memo: Earthquake Impact on Turkish Agriculture
Earthquake fallout. The massive earthquake that hit Turkey in February damaged more than 20 percent of the country's agricultural production, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. The FAO...
Daily Memo: Azerbaijan Seizes Strategic Areas
Changes. Azerbaijan has taken control of several areas near the Armenian border "in connection with the commissioning of the new Lachin road." The Lachin corridor hosts the only road...
Daily Memo: China Warns Taiwan, Russian Grain Disruption
Tense Taiwan trip. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen started a 10-day visit to the U.S. and Central America. The tour will include stops in New York, Guatemala, Belize and Los...
Daily Memo: Russia’s EU Sanctions Circumvention
Brussels' plan. EU sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan said the bloc would like to start “a dialogue” with Kyrgyzstan to determine whether the bloc's exports to the Central Asian country,...
Daily Memo: Russia to Deploy Tactical Nukes in Belarus, Honduras Cuts Ties With Taiwan
Nukes in Belarus. Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a new interview. The two countries will begin training crews on...
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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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