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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: Russia Sanctions Compliance, Iran’s Nuclear Program

U.S. support for Kazakhstan. The U.S. is considering ways to help Kazakh businesses affected by Western sanctions against Russia find alternative markets, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum said in a new interview. Rosenblum explained that the sanctions have had “unintended consequences” for countries like Kazakhstan that have close economic ties to Russia. However, according […]

Daily Memo: Russia-Belarus Drills, Kazakh Oil Supplies

Developments in Belarus. Belarus on Tuesday deployed troops and artillery to a training ground in Russia for joint drills, a day after sending air defense forces to Russia for...

Daily Memo: Chinese Finances, Russian Defenses

Low investor confidence. Withdraws of foreign direct investment in China reached a record $15 billion last quarter, according to a Bloomberg report that cited data from China’s State Administration...

Olympics Lift French Employment

(click to enlarge) Employment levels in France have fluctuated significantly in 2024. In the first quarter, the private sector added 61,100 jobs, but in the second quarter, it lost 7,900...

Daily Memo: Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Talks, Israel-Hamas Negotiations

Progress. Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to exclude the Zangezur corridor from a peace agreement to resolve their long-standing border conflict. Baku has been pushing for establishment of the...

Daily Memo: Iranian Hesitation, South Korean Warnings

Careful calibration. Hezbollah wants to strike back at Israel within days and may move forward without Iran, which apparently has not decided on its course of action, anonymous sources...

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