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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Brief: Russia Warns of ‘Internal Threats’
Background: More than most, Russia’s leaders have an imperative to maintain their country’s unity. Russia’s size, multinational demographics, uneven living standards and poorly developed infrastructure make this as difficult as it is urgent. It’s why the Kremlin is so sensitive to potential threats and closely monitors any flashpoint or hotbed of activity that could destabilize […]
Daily Memo: Afghanistan Is Falling
Escape from Afghanistan. Cities in Afghanistan are falling like dominoes, with the Taliban taking another eight provincial capitals in the past six days. The Afghan government appears less than...
Daily Memo: China’s COVID-19 Cases Increase
China moving toward lockdown. The number of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in China reached 181, the country’s highest level in more than a year. Chinese travelers are canceling flights...
Germany Warns About ECB Policy
Background: Monetary policy is a highly divisive issue inside the 19-member eurozone, as different states need different policies and the compromise is often unsatisfactory. In general, Germany and other...
Daily Memo: Flooding in North Korea, Drills in the South China Sea
Another day, another crisis in North Korea. Thousands of North Koreans have been removed from their homes as vast tracts of farmland have been inundated due to heavy rain...
Grinding Gears of Global Shipping
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The epochal global supply chain snarl isn’t going away. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed widespread structural fragilities in the global trading system, first through production slowdowns and then,...
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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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