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: Gaza Ceasefire Deal, Starmer Visits Ukraine

Shaky deal. The Gaza ceasefire deal reached on Wednesday has hit a “last-minute crisis,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. The Israeli leader accused Hamas of backing out of certain understandings reached with mediators and said the Israeli government would not set a date for approving the agreement until negotiators guaranteed that Hamas had […]

Daily Memo: NATO’s Expanding Presence in the Baltic Sea

New initiative. NATO will launch a new mission to protect critical infrastructure around the Baltic Sea following the recent suspected sabotage of undersea cables in the area, NATO Secretary...

Daily Memo: Hamas’ Resurgence, Russia-Iran Cooperation

Challenge for Israel. Hamas is quickly rebuilding in Gaza with a new leader at the helm, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Mohammed Sinwar, the brother of former...

Daily Memo: Iran Taps Oil Stockpile, Plans to Arm Kurdish Militants

Fundraising drive. Iran recently shipped nearly 3 million barrels of oil from a storage facility in China, drawing from a stockpile of at least 25 million barrels set up...

BRICS Add a Member

(click to enlarge) The collection of countries known as the BRICS, despite announcing a pause on expansion last year, admitted Indonesia as a full member on Jan. 6, ending its...

Daily Memo: German Support for Ukraine

German government divided. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius want to provide Ukraine with a 3 billion euro ($3.1 billion) military aid package before federal...

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