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: EU to Tighten Restrictions on Russia
More sanctions. The European Commission is expected to propose on Tuesday a new set of measures targeting Russia, including slashing the price cap for Russian oil exports and banning the use of the Nord Stream infrastructure. The package would lower the price at which Russian oil can be sold from $60 per barrel to $45. […]
Daily Memo: French Drones, Chinese Minerals
Ukrainian production. France’s Defense Ministry has approached automaker Renault about manufacturing drones in Ukraine, the company said Sunday. It has not yet made a decision on the matter; it’s...
Can Turkey and Saudi Arabia Be Friends? | ClubGPF Preview with Kamran Bokhari
Rivalry and alliances in the Middle East go back centuries and have shaped the geopolitics of this region in a major way. On this clip of a recent ClubGPF Podcast+ episode, GPF contributing analyst Kamran Bokhari joined Christian Smith to examine the complicated relationship between the various factions, mainly Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and how this all fits together to forecast the future of the Middle East region.
Tariffs and Distrust Hit Critical Minerals
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Base metals, battery metals and rare earth elements play major roles in the production of industrial and consumer goods used daily. Price volatility in these markets has...
Daily Memo: Russian Airstrikes in Ukraine, Iranian Weapons
Russian retaliation. Russia launched airstrikes across six regions of Ukraine in an apparent response to Kyiv’s attack on Russian airfields last weekend. A statement from Russia’s Defense Ministry said...
Daily Memo: Russia’s Drone Push, Ukraine’s Overseas Production
Major expansion. Russia plans to produce 30,000 long-range drones in 2025, double what it made last year, according to Oleg Alexandrov, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service. Alexandrov...
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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...
