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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: Xi Stresses Loyalty, Putin Visits Vietnam

Xi’s priorities. Leaders of the Chinese military must always be loyal to the Communist Party, President Xi Jinping said during a conference featuring the top brass of the People’s Liberation Army. According to state media, he also said there would be no place for corruption in the armed forces. The party last held a similar […]

Daily Memo: Russia-North Korea Defense Pact, Gaza Security Force

Allies. Russia and North Korea signed a security pact promising that both countries would come to each other’s aid if attacked. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the deal with...

Daily Memo: Putin Headed for North Korea, French Weapons Sold to Armenia

Long time coming. Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay his first visit to North Korea in 24 years on Tuesday. The Russian delegation accompanying Putin will include the ministers of...

Daily Memo: NATO’s Nuclear Arsenal, Militant Recruitment in Afghanistan

Show of force. NATO member states are in talks to put more nuclear weapons on standby, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a new interview with The Telegraph. Stoltenberg...

The European Parliament’s New Composition

(click to enlarge) European Parliament elections last weekend saw mixed results for the legislature’s euroskeptic and pro-bloc parties. Populist parties had small gains with the ID and the ECR groupings...

Daily Memo: Putin Outlines Conditions for Ukraine Cease-fire

Putin's view. Russian President Vladimir Putin set out his conditions for a cease-fire in Ukraine during a meeting with top Foreign Ministry officials on Friday. He said Kyiv would...

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