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 Drops Tariff Threat Over Greenland
Backtracking on Greenland. Following talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not impose new tariffs on European countries that opposed a U.S. takeover of Greenland. Negotiations will continue on Greenland’s mineral rights and the U.S.’s military presence there, he added. South China Sea. China and the Philippines have reached […]
Daily Memo: US Deployment, Russian Education
The Iran question. The U.S. reportedly deployed F-15E fighter jets to Jordan on Jan. 18. According to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Donald Trump has requested that his...
Daily Memo: Islamic State Militants Escape Prison in Syria
Chaos in Syria. Clashes erupted between armed groups and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces around Shaddadi prison, which holds thousands of Islamic State fighters, in the Syrian province of...
Daily Memo: Chinese Economic Results, Developments in Syria
Hitting the target. China’s economy grew by 5 percent year over year in 2025, reaching 140.19 trillion yuan ($20.15 trillion) and meeting Beijing’s target of "around 5 percent" annual...
How Demographics Complicate Iran’s Situation
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In Iran, a prolonged period of high inflation has combined with a collapse in the value of the rial to produce mass unrest. Rising consumer prices steadily...
Daily Memo: US-Peru Cooperation, Houthis Eye Somalia
Naval assets. The United States has approved the sale of up to $1.5 billion in equipment and services for the expansion of a naval base in Peru. The facility...
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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
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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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