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: Taiwanese Referendums, Turkish Opposition
Vote of confidence. Voters in Taiwan rejected four referendums on opposition-led proposals over the weekend. The result is essentially a vote of confidence in President Tsai Ing-wen’s government and its ties to Washington. Meanwhile, Beijing released a new white paper on Hong Kong’s democratic development on Monday. The document blames anti-China agitators and external groups […]
Food Prices in Canada
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Canada is on a growing list of developed economies grappling with rising food prices. This year, the cost of food increased there by an average of roughly...
Daily Memo: Bad Economic Signals From Germany, Mercenaries Moving in Africa
German downturn. Germany’s closely watched Ifo business confidence index fell in December for the sixth consecutive month amid COVID-19 uncertainty, supply chain bottlenecks and inflation. Meanwhile, Germany’s central bank...
Daily Memo: Central Banks Move to Curb Inflation
Taper time. The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it will wind down its asset purchase program earlier than planned. The program will now end in February 2022...
Daily Memo: Putin-Xi Call, EU Divided on Russia Sanctions Plan
Sino-Russian cooperation. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed bilateral relations in a video call. Trade and economic ties between the two countries are growing, Xi...
Daily Memo: US and Russian Officials in Indonesia, EU Sanctions Talk
Visiting Indonesia. The secretary of Russia’s Security Council met with Indonesia’s coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs to discuss expanding bilateral military and military-technical cooperation. The two...
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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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