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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Guyana’s Offshore Oil Boom

(click to enlarge) By 2035, the world's fourth-largest offshore oil producer could be a South American country with fewer than 1 million people. According to Norway's Rystad Energy, Guyana –...

Daily Memo: Defense Officials Talk Ukraine in Germany

Talking Ukraine. Top defense officials from more than 50 countries, including NATO members, gathered at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss support for Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Daily Memo: The Wagner Group Claims a Victory in Eastern Ukraine

Wagner in control. Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of private military company the Wagner Group, said on Thursday that the group had taken control of the village of Klishchiivka, a suburb...

Daily Memo: Russia’s New Markets

Russian gas to Pakistan. Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said that the Pakistan Stream gas pipeline project, which will have a capacity of 12.4 billion cubic meters, is under...

Daily Memo: China’s Weak Growth

Bad news for Beijing. China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday released economic figures for 2022. The country’s gross domestic product grew by 3 percent year over year, missing...

Daily Memo: Russia and Belarus Start Joint Drills

Boosting cooperation. Russia and Belarus began joint air exercises on Monday amid a buildup of forces in Belarus. Minsk called the drills, which will use all of the country's...

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