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: Governments Weigh in on Russia-Ukraine Talks
Preparing for negotiations. U.S. President Donald Trump said at a press conference that he might fly to Istanbul on May 15 for the potential Russia-Ukraine negotiations if he believes a significant outcome could result. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the upcoming peace talks, as well […]
Daily Memo: US-China Trade Deal, Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
Compromise. The United States and China agreed to slash duties on imports for an initial 90-day period following high-level talks in Geneva over the weekend. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott...
Gloomy Outlook for World Trade
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The World Trade Organization has released a report titled World Trade Outlook and Statistics, highlighting two negative trends: falling trade volumes and growing uncertainty in trade policies....
Daily Memo: US-UK Trade, Ukraine’s Spy Allegations
Deal done. The U.S. and the U.K. signed a trade deal on Thursday. According to a White House statement, the agreement will reduce U.K. nontariff trade barriers and increase...
Daily Memo: Iran Nuclear Negotiations, Syrian Diplomacy
Direct contact. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asked the U.S. special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to agree to direct talks on Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli news...
George Friedman: What’s Next for Russia, Ukraine and Europe?
The US-Ukraine minerals deal is done but a Russia-Ukraine peace deal is seemingly out of reach. Now the US is looking to scale back its involvement in mediating an end to the conflict. So what's next for the war in Ukraine? In this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman considers how the fighting might end, why Vladimir Putin might be running out of room, and why Eastern Europe is now the pivot point for European defense.
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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...
