Geopolitical Futures

High and dry. U.S. President Donald Trump has frozen all military aid to Ukraine until he feels its leadership is committed to peace negotiations. Trump’s order halts the transfer of U.S. military equipment not already in Ukraine, including weapons in transit through Poland. Ukrainian lawmakers described Trump’s decision as a shock and a catastrophe, warning […]

New phase. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, declared over the weekend a ceasefire with Turkey, days after its jailed leader called on the group to lay down its...

(click to enlarge) U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to revive the Keystone XL Pipeline, reversing the Biden administration’s efforts to cancel it. The project, which would transport oil...

One month into Donald Trump’s second term, even those who closely followed his first time in office have struggled to keep up. Foreign policy shifts alone include tariffs, attacks on allies, and a proposed takeover in Gaza. Now, an apparent rapprochement with Russia has the potential to revolutionize US strategy. What is the US trying to achieve in its negotiations with Russia? And is this all just the new norm for a world without an anchor?

Giving up the struggle? The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party on Thursday called on the group to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. In a statement written...

Winston Churchill's profound quote, "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see", is an apt perspective on geopolitics. For this week's Club session, U.S. Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter joined GPF Chairman George Friedman for a history lesson on America's first national security strategy, established during the Reagan administration in the 1980's. As the Vice Admiral pointed out, it is history that informs the present.