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: North Korea’s Usual Playbook, European Gas Prices
Open to discussion. High-level U.S. and South Korean diplomats held talks on mapping out a path forward for potential engagement with North Korea. Conspicuously, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. said Washington may be open to providing some “humanitarian assistance” to the North, while a congressional report hinted at a White House openness to incremental […]
Daily Memo: Israel’s Warnings for Iran
Israel prepared to act. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz confirmed that Israel on Thursday carried out airstrikes on rocket launch sites in Lebanon involved in a rocket attack on...
Daily Memo: Another Ship Attacked in the Gulf of Oman
Ship hijacking. Unknown assailants hijacked a Panama-flagged asphalt tanker on Tuesday off the UAE coast before later leaving the vessel unharmed, according to U.K. Maritime Trade Operations. Multiple sources...
Lebanon’s Bleak Future; Midterm Forecast Report Card
A year removed from a massive explosion in Beirut, Middle East expert Hilal Khashan discusses the dire situation in Lebanon and its larger impact on the region’s geopolitics. Analysts Allison Fedirka and Phillip Orchard lay out a midterm report card on this year’s forecasts for Europe and the Asia-Pacific.
Daily Memo: China Headed for Another Lockdown?
China's latest outbreaks. Major COVID-19 outbreaks are being reported in at least 14 Chinese provinces, including key cities like Wuhan. Authorities have been compelled to shut down some traffic...
Brief: Ethnic Violence Threatens to Spread to Djibouti
Background: Djibouti’s location on the Horn of Africa enables it to control access to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, one of the busiest shipping routes in the world,...
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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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