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: 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 April 3 and will complete construction of a special facility in Belarus to store the weapons by July 1. According to Putin, the reason for the […]

Indian Separatism

(click to enlarge) A Sikh separatist movement in India recently renewed its calls to establish a sovereign state called Khalistan. A young activist named Amritpal Singh leads the movement, which...

Daily Memo: Saudi-Syrian Talks, Hungarian Shift

Normalization talks. Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks to resume consular services, according to Saudi state-run broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya. The foreign minister of Iran, which also restored diplomatic ties...

Live Discussion: Update on Russia, Ukraine and Xi-Putin Talks

This week we had Ekaterina Zolotova in Moscow, Ridvan Bari Urcosta in Warsaw and Allison Fedirka in D.C. to discuss the latest geopolitical developments. What is life like on...

Daily Memo: China’s African Swine Fever Outbreak, Iran’s Russia Connections

Chinese outbreak. African swine fever infections are surging in China. The outbreak began during the Lunar New Year in February, and by March, the number of infections was higher...

Daily Memo: Russian Corporate Profits Tank, Protests in Georgia Resume

Russian economy. Profits at Russia’s medium and large firms fell by 45.4 percent in the second half of 2022 relative to a year ago, the worst drop since the...

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