Geopolitical Futures

French President Emmanuel Macron said last week that an off-ramp must be found for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. This is not a novel idea. Negotiators know what...

Russia has effectively blockaded Ukrainian ports, an action the UN describes as a declaration of war on global food security. Ukraine usually exports about five million tons of agricultural produce every month, a large proportion of which is bought by some of the poorest nations in the world. Antonia Colibasanu weighs in on the Kremlin’s economic war on Kyiv.

New military spending. Germany’s parliament approved a constitutional amendment that will unlock 100 billion euros ($107 billion) in military spending for the country. Approximately 41 billion euros will go...

A year after the start of Iran nuclear negotiations in Vienna, talks ended unsurprisingly without an agreement on the core issues. Although Iran needs to reach a deal to...

Henry Kissinger recently argued that Ukraine must be prepared to cede some territory to Russia in order to reach a peace treaty. GPF Chairman George Friedman disagrees. He joins John Batchelor to discuss a century of Russian aggression and why the U.S. is so heavily involved in the Ukraine conflict.

(click to enlarge) Economic data for the past two years – that is, the majority of the COVID-19 pandemic – has finally been processed and made available thanks to the...