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: US-Taiwan Trade Talks
Trade talks. The United States and Taiwan agreed to start trade negotiations in 11 areas. The first round of talks is expected to take place early in the fall. The Chinese government won’t be pleased. Faint progress. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Lviv, Ukraine, for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.N. Secretary-General […]
MarketWatch: Ukraine War is Bringing New Economic Hardships and Major World Powers are Caught in the Crossfire
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, it didn’t just start a ground war in Europe — it opened up a worldwide economic war involving almost every major power. -...
Daily Memo: Russia’s Other Customers
Buying Russian oil. Japan has reportedly resumed importing oil from Russia. Import volumes are still down year-on-year, as Japan brought in just 65 percent of what it imported in...
RealClearWorld: Russia and China’s Strategic Problem
America’s goal in Ukraine is to deny Russia the strategic depth it wants in order to limit the Russian threat to Europe. With China, its goal is to retain...
Daily Memo: Chinese Military Activity
More drills. China announced more military drills Tuesday to protest U.S. support for Taiwan. Little information has been provided about them. This comes a day after Taiwan’s Central News...
Daily Memo: Chinese Output and Russian Trade
China data. China’s industrial output for July grew by just 3.8 percent year-on-year, well below the 4.6 percent anticipated by markets. Retail sales reached 2.7 percent year-on-year instead of...
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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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