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: Egypt Cancels Ukraine Wheat Deals

Canceled. Egypt has terminated contracts to purchase 240,000 metric tons of wheat from Ukraine, which it agreed to in December 2021. The wheat was due to be delivered in February and March but was never loaded because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Egypt’s General Directorate for the Supply of Goods has released the two trading […]

Daily Memo: East Asian Travels, EU Gas-Saving Plan

Japanese-Indonesian cooperation. During a meeting in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indonesian President Joko Widodo agreed to cooperate more closely on energy. Japanese defense forces will also...

Daily Memo: Europe’s Coal and Gas Supplies, Russia’s Car Imports

Energy for Europe. Kazakhstan has doubled coal exports to the European Union since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the beginning of the year, monthly deliveries totaled...

Daily Memo: Odesa Strike, Lavrov in Africa

Odesa strike. A day after the signing on Friday of an agreement to facilitate the export of grain from Ukraine, two Russian Kalibr missiles struck the port of Odesa...

Drought in North America

(click to enlarge) Dating back to 1848, water sharing is one of the longest-standing areas of bilateral cooperation between Mexico and the United States. Agreements reached in 1906 and 1944...

Daily Memo: Russia Cuts Rates Again, US-South Korea Training Resumes

Russian rates. Russia’s central bank slashed its key interest rate from 9.5 percent to 8 percent. Although it was no surprise that the bank decreased the rate, it was...

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