Geopolitical Futures

What does the multi-billion-dollar warship deal between Japan and Australia say about the new geopolitical order forming in the Pacific? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss the landmark defense cooperation, its impact on regional power dynamics, and how it may alter the posture of major players like China and the US. Also discussed: the future of oil dependency.

Stalemate. U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s trip to Islamabad for peace talks with Iran was postponed indefinitely on Tuesday, reportedly because Tehran refused to reply to Washington’s proposals for...

How do global economic structures help nations maintain internal stability while projecting strategic power? On this episode of ClubGPF’s Podcast+, Senior Analyst and Chief GeoEconomist Antonia Colibasanu joins host Christian Smith for a primer on geoeconomics, a discussion on the statecraft at play at the Strait of Hormuz and in US tariff policy, and to introduce Geopolitical Futures’ new product, GeoEconomic Lens.

Growing gap. The Trump administration is reportedly increasingly uncertain about who’s in charge in Iran, putting prospects for a peace deal in jeopardy. The first round of U.S.-Iran negotiations...

Mixed reports. The Iranian government has not yet made a decision on whether it will participate in a second round of peace talks with the United States, Iranian Foreign...

(click to enlarge) Parliamentary elections in Hungary on April 12 marked an end to the 16-year rule of Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party. Peter Magyar and the Tisza party...