Historically, nations did not conduct themselves without aligning with or getting their bearings in relation to a power system that drove the world; an anchor. This was the case, for example, in the world wars of the last century, and the Cold War. As George Friedman and Senior Analyst Antonia Colibasanu discussed in this week’s Club session, things have changed, and various nations are testing each other. As we unpack the significance of this shift, Club members wrote in to ask about the likelihood of Donald Trump’s proposed 25 percent tariffs on Canada, how America’s neo-isolationism might clash with its globalized post WWII/Cold War role, and what European cooperation will look like in the coming years.
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In George Friedman’s book “The Storm Before the Calm”, he outlines America’s socioeconomic and institutional cycles and explains how presidents fit into these cycles....
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How do intelligence failures happen? What are the ramifications for such failures? In this week's ClubGPF discussion, GPF Chairman George Friedman examines the different...