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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RealClearWorld: How the Ukraine War Might Shift the Global System

War is agony for everyone involved. An uncomfortable and thus overlooked fact of war is that sometimes these consequences are more significant than what the war was fought over....

Daily Memo: More Talks on Ukraine, Europe’s Energy Plans

Russia-Ukraine talks. The Russian military said on Monday it would open humanitarian corridors in four Ukrainian cities – Kyiv, Mariupol, Kharkov and Sumy – to allow residents to escape...

George Friedman on The John Batchelor Show: Lessons From the Ukraine Crisis

The Ukraine crisis is unlike any of the recent history of Russian “intervention” in its borderlands, such as last year's conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. GPF Chairman George Friedman joins John Batchelor to discuss the latest on the war, and the important factors Russia got wrong.

Ukrainians Take Flight

(click to enlarge) The war in Ukraine has created an exodus through the country’s western border. Partly that’s because the majority of the fighting is taking place in the east,...

Daily Memo: Fallout From Sanctions on Russia

Sanction fallout. U.S. investment banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are buying bonds from Russian firms like Gazprom and Russian Railways as they plummet in value. The Russian State...

Daily Memo: Blinken Starts European Tour

Blinken in Europe. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a European tour on Thursday with a visit to Brussels. The tour will involve consultations and coordination with NATO...

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