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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: Redeployments at the Poland-Belarus Border

Drills and redeployments. The Belarusian army announced the start of weeklong joint exercises with fighters from the Wagner Group within 13 kilometers (8 miles) of the Polish border. A day earlier, in response to Wagner’s growing presence next door, Poland redeployed two brigades to its eastern border. The Kremlin expressed concern about the Polish troop […]

Daily Memo: India Cautious With Russia, GCC-Central Asia Summit

Guns and oil. Indian and Russian defense officials met in Delhi to discuss spare parts and maintenance for India’s arsenal of Russian defense equipment. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and...

Daily Memo: China in North Africa, Militias in Belarus

China and Algeria. China will enhance cooperation with Algeria in key sectors such as infrastructure, petrochemicals, minerals and agriculture, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday at a meeting...

Daily Memo: Busy Day in the Black Sea

Black Sea activity. Two drone boats exploded under the Kerch Strait Bridge early Monday morning, damaging one section and forcing Russia to close the bridge to traffic. The bridge...

Mexico Contends With the ‘Super Peso’

(click to enlarge) A stronger currency generally hurts exports, but that isn't Mexico's experience so far this year. The peso is up nearly 24 percent relative to the dollar over...

Daily Memo: Nagorno-Karabakh Protests, US-China Talks

Discontent. Thousands of people in Nagorno-Karabakh protested Azerbaijan’s blockade of a road connecting the breakaway region to Armenia. The rally took place in the ethnic Armenian region’s capital, Stepanakert,...

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