Artificial Intelligence has been in the news a great deal lately, considering the recent US-China summit in Washington as well as this week’s highly publicized meeting between Donald Trump and major tech CEOs. One of the main issues discussed at the tech meeting was just how safe AI really is and whether these systems are […]
George Friedman wrote in The Next 100 Years that Eastern Europe is going to be the most dynamic region in the continent, and that Poland will become a major power. Enter, the Intermarium and the Three Seas Initiative, consisting of the 13 European Union States located between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic seas. For this week's Club session, George is joined by GPF Analyst Ridvan Bari Urcosta in Warsaw for a discussion on Eastern Europe's evolution and what is happening geopolitically between Poland and Ukraine.
In our Q&A session, Club members asked about Eastern Europe's ability to realize its potential, Poland's relationship to Russia, shifting trade dynamics as Eastern Europe evolves, as well as logistic strategies in times of conflict.
The internet has created an interesting evolution in the way that propaganda and misinformation is released out into the world. For this week's Club session, George is joined by (ret) Rear Admiral Doug Fears for a discussion on the way that information warfare has changed in the age of artificial intelligence. George's email aside, it has certainly complicated the way we get our news and information, and created some unique opportunities for bad actors to thrive.
In our Q&A session, Club members asked what people can do to protect themselves from being manipulated by 'AI slop', how misinformation is being regulated, and whether FIMI in our opponent's arenas can be considered advantageous.
The Strait of Hormuz has historically been a major geopolitical and geoeconomical chokepoint, and it has Club members asking what are, or could be, the alternatives to a critical trade corridor that's become so volatile? And related to the ongoing conflicts in the region, what are the constraints and imperatives for Iran, the US, and Israel? On this week's ClubGPF live discussion, George Friedman was joined by Kamran Bokhari to break down the wide-ranging questions and topics on the Middle East that have come in from Club members in an effort to understand the situation and all the primary and secondary players involved.
Warfare has transformed over recent decades, and as technologies have changed, control of the sea remains a key component to national security. GPF Chairman...
What are the most critical events happening in the world related to geoeconomics, and how do they relate to geopolitics? This week's ClubGPF live discussion brought together GPF Chairman George Friedman and Chief Geoeconomist Antonia Colibasanu for a focus on what we've been looking at in the world of geoeconomics as well as our upcoming product, GeoEconomic Lens. Club members asked about the future of the Strait of Hormuz, the shifting landscape of oil production and renewable energy, and naval power/control of the oceans as a critical intersection of geoeconomics and geopolitics.
Almost three weeks ago, the U.S. and Israel launched air strikes against Iran. Whether this will be a short or a long war is the question on everyone's minds. Considering there are many more questions ranging from what's to come of the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint to how the conflict is impacting and involving nations like China and Russia, for this week's live discussion we have focused entirely on Club member questions.
GPF Analysts Kamran Bokhari and Andrew Davidson joined Chairman George Friedman for an in-depth discussion on the war, where Club members asked about important themes such as Iran's protracted war strategy, U.S. military imperatives and what the IRGC would consider 'victory' in the conflict.
Earlier this month, we explained in our 2026 Forecast that the U.S. cannot maintain hostilities with a country on which it depends economically. Neither can China. In this week’s ClubGPF live discussion, János Csák, Former Minister of Culture and Innovation in Hungary, joined Chairman George Friedman once more to give a European perspective on the US' National Security Strategy as well as GPF's new 2026 Forecast, specifically our prediction that the United States and China will reach economic and military accommodations.
As tensions rise between Washington and Moscow, a new chessboard emerges—not in Eastern Europe, but in the Caribbean. From the US' war on drug cartels to Russia’s quiet buildup of influence in the region, old Cold War strategies are resurfacing in startling ways. For this week's ClubGPF live discussion, GPF Chairman George Friedman and GPF Analyst and Army veteran Andrew Davidson dove into the recent US deployments off the coast of Venezuela and the broader strategy of the U.S. in Latin America.
The United States, China and Russia are the three main powers of the current era that are vying for dominance on the global stage, all with their own sets of imperatives and challenges. In this month's ClubGPF live discussion, GPF Chairman George Friedman examines the three nations and the main issues they currently face: culture wars and political division in the US, a declining economy in China, and a frozen war in Russia. In our Q&A session, Club members asked about George's new book on geopolitics and the moon, the role of Southeast Asian countries in larger state actors, and how Russia could still be a great power as it continues pressing on with its war with Ukraine.
