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: Macron’s Visit to Iraq
Ambitious plans. French President Emmanuel Macron was in Iraq over the weekend and pledged that French forces would remain in the country even if the United States pulls out. He also said Paris and London would bring forward a U.N. resolution to create a “safe zone” at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. On Friday, France’s […]
Nord Stream 2 Nears Completion
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A German regional court this week refused Russian energy giant Gazprom’s appeal to exclude the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from EU rules requiring gas producers to be...
George Friedman on the Gallup Podcast: Afghanistan Withdrawal and the Future of American Power
What do recent events in Afghanistan mean for the United States’ position in the world?
Daily Memo: Japan’s Breakthrough, China’s Corruption Charges
Japanese-Taiwanese talks. Officials from Japan’s and Taiwan’s respective ruling parties held long-awaited security talks on Friday, a major if still mostly symbolic breakthrough in Japan’s emergence as a factor...
RealClearWorld: Is This Uzbekistan’s Time?
In our 2019 Annual Forecast, we said we expected Uzbekistan to challenge Kazakhstan as the dominant power in Central Asia. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed any progress toward that end, but...
Brief: Concerning China’s Inequality
Background: China’s population has not shared in the country's past three decades of breakneck economic growth. The rising tide may have lifted nearly all boats to an unprecedented degree;...
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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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