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: Japanese Stimulus, Indian Concession

Other direction. At a time when most countries have been paring back pandemic fiscal support due to inflation concerns, Japan is going the other direction. The government on Friday passed a 55.7 trillion-yen ($490 billion) stimulus package. Tucked away in the package is $6.74 billion earmarked for a host of military needs, including mines, transport […]

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Daily Memo: Philippines Accuses China of Blocking Its Ships

Chinese interference. Manila is accusing Beijing of sending three coast guard vessels to block Philippine supply ships from reaching Second Thomas Shoal, one of the few islets in the...

Daily Memo: Details of the Xi-Biden Summit

Xi-Biden summit. Details of the 3.5-hour videoconference between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are coming out. No surprise, but the U.S. is sticking with its long-held...

Daily Memo: Xi and Biden’s Summit, Putin’s Decree on Eastern Ukraine

Cordial meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden held their low-expectations virtual summit Monday night. The tone was cordial; not much of substance was put on...

Daily Memo: Western Warnings for Ukraine

Concerns over Russian troops. Ukraine’s Western allies have warned that Russia is massing troops on the Ukrainian border. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that Washington...

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