Geopolitical Futures

(click to enlarge) According to the latest U.N. Trade and Development Report, global economic sentiment remains negative. Output growth is still slowing, and the dominant trend is prolonged uncertainty as...

Kazakhstan and the EU. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with European Council President Antonio Costa during the latter’s first official visit to Kazakhstan. Tokayev said both sides were ready...

In his book, The Storm Before the Calm, Geopolitical Futures chairman and founder George Friedman explained the challenges that low birth rates and longer life expectancy will bring to America. As an aging population causes a shrinking workforce, this deepening demographic crisis could have long-term impacts across the globe. And the solutions come with their own set of challenges. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, George joins host Christian Smith to break it all down, from the use of immigration to stabilize labor markets, to artificial intelligence and much more.

In his book, The Storm Before the Calm, Geopolitical Futures chairman and founder George Friedman explained the challenges that low birth rates and longer life expectancy will bring to America. As an aging population causes a shrinking workforce, this deepening demographic crisis could have long-term impacts across the globe. And the solutions come with their own set of challenges. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, George joins host Christian Smith to break it all down, from the use of immigration to stabilize labor markets, to artificial intelligence and much more.

Paying for it. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said it would be “premature” for Rome to participate in NATO’s program to buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine while peace negotiations...

U.S.-Russia talks. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and the presidential special envoy on foreign investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, held talks with U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and...