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: EU Trade, Israeli Meeting
Persuasion. EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis urged Chile’s incoming president, Gabriel Boric, to sign the trade deal that Brussels negotiated with his predecessor. The deal is critical for the EU because it would give the bloc easier access to lithium, an essential element for the production of batteries. Brussels also urged EU member states, especially […]
Daily Memo: Israeli Strikes on Syria
Israeli strikes. Israel on Tuesday launched airstrikes against Syria’s port city of Latakia. According to Syrian state media, the strikes hit a container area and caused “massive material damage.”...
Daily Memo: Fighting in Yemen Escalates
Clashes in Yemen. Fighting between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen escalated over the weekend. The Houthis fired a projectile toward the Saudi city of Jizan, killing...
Daily Memo: Putin’s End-of-Year Remarks
Putin's annual address. Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual end-of-year press conference on Thursday. He discussed Ukraine and blamed the West for the recent tensions there. He also...
Daily Memo: NATO Readiness
NATO readiness. For the first time, NATO command increased the combat readiness of its rapid reaction forces, which consist of 40,000 troops, according to German daily Die Welt. Specifically,...
Daily Memo: Tensions in Eastern Europe, Sullivan’s Trip to Israel
Preparing for the worst. Washington and London secretly sent cybersecurity specialists to Ukraine to prepare Kyiv for possible cyberattacks from Moscow targeting power grids, banking and other key infrastructure,...
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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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