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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India Invests in Military Self-Reliance
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India has long been one of Asia's top spenders on defense, second only to China. Much of this spending is necessary to supply the country's enormous force...
ISIS Threats and Hindu Nationalism in India | ClubGPF Podcast+ Bonus with Kamran Bokhari
What’s on the horizon for the world’s largest democracy? In our most recent Podcast+ episode for ClubGPF members, GPF contributor Kamran Bokhari joined host Christian Smith for a discussion on the geopolitical implications of India’s upcoming election, how it can continue its balancing act between the US, China and the rest of the world, and why it has cause for concern over the recent ISIS attack in Moscow.
Daily Memo: Russia-Turkey Trade Backslides, Somalia and Ethiopia Quarrel
Trade disruption. Russia’s trade with Turkey, a key supplier for the sanctions-hit government in Moscow, has stalled because of tightening Western sanctions, according to a Bloomberg report. Turkish machinery...
Daily Memo: US Reassures Azerbaijan, Israel Prepares Its Troops
Clarification. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reassured Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that a meeting of the U.S., the EU and Armenia set for April 5 will not target...
Daily Memo: Syria-Iran Talks, Security Summit in Astana
Debrief. The presidents of Syria and Iran spoke by phone about Israel’s strike on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus earlier this week, Iranian news agency Fars reported. According to...
Daily Memo: Israel Bombs an Iranian Consulate
Consulate attack. On April 1, the Israeli air force struck an Iranian consulate in Damascus, where military advisers from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reside. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza...
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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
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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...