Geopolitical Futures

Trade negotiations. The U.S. and China will hold trade talks in Switzerland on May 9-12. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will represent Beijing, while U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and chief trade negotiator Jamieson Greer will represent Washington. It will be the first meeting of high-ranking officials from the two countries since the Trump administration […]

On May 6, India launched Operation Sindoor in retaliation to the April 22 militant attack on Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 civilians dead. The Indian government accused...

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.

Like much of the world, North American geopolitics looks very different to six months ago. Tariffs, border issues and suggestions of US troops in Mexico are creating concerns to America’s south. On a recent episode of our ClubGPF's Podcast+, GPF director of analysis Allison Fedirka joined host Christian Smith as we continued our series on Trump’s second term in office, looking at the geopolitics of North America.

Surprise result. Friedrich Merz, who was expected to take over the German chancellorship after winning the election in February, failed to secure enough parliamentary votes in the first round...

More escalation. India said on Sunday that it would ban all imports of goods coming from or transiting through Pakistan in response to the deadly attack last month in...