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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Vaccine Access and the Recovery

(click to enlarge) We’re two years into the pandemic, but in many ways the start of 2022 feels very similar to the start of 2021. A holiday-induced wave of COVID-19...

Daily Memo: Kazakh Unrest Escalates

Kazakhstan under fire. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said he ordered police and the army to open fire on protesters without warning amid continuing anti-government unrest. Tokayev also said about...

Daily Memo: Kazakhstan Reaches Out for Help Amid Protests

Kazakhstan update. After the Kazakh government resigned on Wednesday and protests continued into Thursday, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev turned to the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization for help in fighting...

George Friedman on The John Batchelor Show: Lessons Learned from American Wars

What have we learned from the Vietnam War and other wars where the United States fought on foreign soil, and how have these conflicts shaped U.S. foreign policy today?

George Friedman on The John Batchelor Show: Russian Borderlands, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

Will diplomatic talks between world leaders come to any lasting solutions with regards to Ukraine and other countries that make up Russia's borderlands? GPF Chairman George Friedman speaks with John Batchelor on the latest developments.

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