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: Ukrainian Grain Leaves Port Despite Deal Suspension

Deal is off. Russia announced over the weekend that it was suspending its participation in a U.N.-backed deal that facilitated the transport of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. Moscow said the move was in response to a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, though Russia had raised doubts about the agreement’s future […]

UK Energy Costs Are Through the Roof

(click to enlarge) Following the downfall of another prime minister and the British pound’s collapse to its lowest level ever against the dollar, the U.K. urgently needs to tackle energy...

Daily Memo: Putin’s View on the Decade Ahead

Russia and the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the world faces the most dangerous and unpredictable decade since World War II. Speaking at the Moscow-based...

Daily Memo: US Oil Exports, China’s COVID Containment Measures

Record exports. The U.S. exported a record volume of crude oil last week. Oil and refined products exports reached 11.4 million barrels per day, as supplies spiked by nearly...

Antonia Colibasanu on The John Batchelor Show: Failure in Global Economic Models

Antonia Colibasanu joins John Batchelor from Bucharest to discuss two historic economic models that can shed light on modern crises that exist in many regions, including Russia, the United States, and China. And in the second segment, a discussion on the building energy crisis in Black Sea.

Daily Memo: Russia Launches Nuclear Drill, Myanmar Destabilizes

Russian claims. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke separately with the Chinese and Indian defense ministers on Wednesday. They discussed the situation in Ukraine and Russia’s purported concerns about...

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