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 Red Line Podcast: The Feasibility of an EU Army
To maintain its position as a world power should Europe double down on its continental experiment and form a united European army, or do the scars of history and millennium of violence still prevent Europe from standing defensively on its own?
Daily Memo: Poland Expels Russian Diplomats, US-UK Settle Steel Dispute
Personae non gratae. Poland will expel 45 Russian diplomats suspected of being spies. Russia warned Poland it would retaliate if Warsaw followed through.
Friends again. The U.S. and U.K. resolved...
Daily Memo: Record-Breaking Fertilizer Prices, Competition in South Asia
Nowhere to go but up. Fertilizer prices have broken new records, climbing above levels reached in 2008 thanks to reduced supplies from Russia and Belarus, supply chain disruptions and...
Daily Memo: Countries Look to Fill Supply Gaps
Filling the grain gap. India is reportedly nearing an agreement to export wheat to Egypt, one of the largest grain importers in the Middle East, amid uncertainty about global...
The Ukraine War’s Effects on Global Food Supplies
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Record food prices and disrupted grain supply due to the war in Ukraine bode poorly for global food security. Ukraine and Russia are both top grain exporters,...
Daily Memo: Brokering a Resolution
Chinese mediation. Russia’s ambassador to China held talks on Thursday with a special representative of China’s Foreign Ministry to discuss Sino-Russian relations and security cooperation. Their meeting came one...
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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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