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: Developments in Ukraine

Spotlight on Ukraine. It was a busy weekend of new developments on the Ukraine crisis. On Saturday – a day after the United States, United Kingdom and several other countries urged their citizens to leave the country – U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden warned Putin that Washington […]

The IMF Cuts Argentina Some Slack

(click to enlarge) Argentina is no stranger to economic crises and conflict with the International Monetary Fund. For years the country has navigated a minefield of challenges related to inflation,...

Daily Memo: Financial Concerns in China, Defense Deal for Denmark

Economic pressure. There are growing concerns about the finances of China’s Logan Group, one of the strongest developers in the country. This week, ratings firm Fitch downgraded the company...

Cicero: Deutschland in der Zwickmühle

Der von Russland heraufbeschworene Ukrainekonflikt hat auch das Ziel, die neue Ampel-Regierung in Berlin hinsichtlich ihrer transatlantischen Beziehungen zu testen. Außerdem ist sich Moskau der Abhängigkeit Deutschlands von russischen...

Daily Memo: US Trucker Protest, Turkish Relations With the West

Trucker protest. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a warning to local law enforcement that a mass protest by truck drivers against COVID-19 vaccine mandates is in the...

George Friedman on The John Batchelor Show: Latest from Ukraine and Russia

French President Emmanuel Macron has returned from diplomatic meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. GPF Chairman George Friedman joins John Batchelor to discuss the latest on where the crisis stands, and news from Berlin as Germany pushes for de-escalation.

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