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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George Friedman on The John Batchelor Show: Deep Battle and the Russian Military Doctrine

Russia is now in full control of Ukraine’s breakaway Luhansk region, putting it in position to gain control over more of Donetsk. Geopolitical Futures Chairman George Friedman joins John Batchelor to discuss what Russia plans to do next, and to examine its military doctrine as it has evolved since the Cold War, a topic he recently wrote about for GPF.

Daily Memo: Boris Johnson Resigns

Johnson out. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party after dozens of resignations by members of the government following a string of...

Daily Memo: Kazakh Pipeline Suspension, EU Bracing for the Worst

Pipeline games. A Russian court ordered a 30-day suspension of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, a major pipeline carrying oil from Kazakhstan to the Black Sea, over oil spills. More...

RealClearDefense: Russian Military Doctrine

The city of Lysychansk has fallen to Russia. Russia has the choice of accepting its recent victory as the culmination of the war or seeking total victory by seizing...

Daily Memo: Russia and Japan Spar Over Energy

Japan pushes back. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned on Sunday that the price cap for Russian oil, agreed at the latest G-7 summit, would be about half of...

The G-7’s Latest Answer to China’s BRI

(click to enlarge) The original strategic impetus for China’s Belt and Road Initiative was to secure trade routes not subject to U.S. control in the South China Sea, to build...

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