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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: Biden and Modi Tout Strong Ties

New era. U.S. President Joe Biden met on Thursday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington. The leaders hailed the opening of a new era in U.S.-India relations and agreed to deepen cooperation on a number of fronts, including artificial intelligence, semiconductor production, space technology and telecommunications. They also expressed support for Ukraine’s territorial […]

Daily Memo: US Forces in Syria, Turkish Interest Rates

The U.S. in Syria. Russia has information that the United States is reinforcing its military contingent in Syria, Moscow’s envoy to Damascus said on Thursday. He claimed that Washington...

Daily Memo: European Economic Security, Black Sea Gas

EU economic security. The European Union’s executive on Tuesday presented its proposals to enhance the bloc’s economic security. The new strategy, which national leaders will discuss next week, would...

Daily Memo: Turkey’s Economic Changes, Chinese Energy Deals

Economic moves. Turkey announced that it will increase the monthly minimum wage by 34 percent beginning July 1 amid rising inflation. It’ll be the second hike this year, bringing...

Daily Memo: Russian Exports to Uzbekistan, Canadian Firms in the US

Energy in Central Asia. Russia will start exporting natural gas to Uzbekistan in October, the Uzbek Energy Ministry said. Deliveries totaling 9 million cubic meters per day will begin...

Growing Nuclear Arsenals

(click to enlarge) Amid the war in Ukraine and intensifying geopolitical competition, the world’s nuclear powers are scaling up and modernizing their arsenals. The countries with the most nuclear warheads...

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