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: More Missile Tests
Follow-up North Korean missile tests. North Korea followed up its cruise missile tests over the weekend with a test of something more familiar: short-range ballistic missiles. According to the South Korean military and the Japanese coast guard, the North test-launched a pair of ballistic missiles Wednesday morning, sending them an estimated 800 kilometers (500 miles) […]
Daily Memo: China’s Recovery, No Chips and Surprise Trips
China’s economy sputters. A data dump coming Wednesday is expected to show slumps in several Chinese economic indicators in August, including industrial production and consumption. September isn't looking much...
Brief: North Korea Tests a Missile and Biden
Background: North Korea has been relatively quiet for the past year or so while it deals with pandemic pressures and other internal matters, which means it was late in...
Daily Memo: Pyongyang Test-Fires New Missiles, Israeli Prime Minister Visits Egypt
New missile tests. North Korea says it test-launched a pair of new long-range cruise missiles over the weekend. According to North Korean state media, the missiles hit targets around...
Mercosur’s Changing Trade Patterns
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In 1991, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay established Mercosur to increase their participation in global trade and improve their negotiating positions with outside partners. Back then, the...
Daily Memo: Biden and Xi Talk, Nord Stream 2 Completed
Biden-Xi call. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first phone call since February. Biden’s aims were reportedly pretty modest: to get Chinese officials to...
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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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