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From the Desk of George Friedman

The Internet Today

George Friedman - October 16, 2025

Editor's Note: In 2017, we published an article titled "The Internet and the Tragedy of the Commons," which argued that anonymity was destroying our...

George Answers Your Questions: Powers Old and New

George Friedman - October 11, 2025

Question: I think your assessment of Hitler and Germany was bang on. Your answer to the question about Germany should be taught in every...

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: The United States

George Friedman - October 6, 2025

In my book “The Next 100 Years,” published in 2009, I predicted that in the 2020s the United States would experience a massive socio-economic...

George Answers Your Questions: Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan, Leaders in History

George Friedman - October 4, 2025

Question: Can Trump’s proposal on Gaza actually bring peace, or will it simply fail as all peace plans in the Middle East seem to...

George Answers Your Questions: Japan’s Demographics, Trump’s Shift on Ukraine

George Friedman - September 27, 2025

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Japan’s Evolution Sept. 22, 2025 Question: What you did not address in this article was Japan’s demographic outlook with negative...

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Japan’s Evolution

George Friedman - September 22, 2025

In “The Next 100 Years,” I asserted that Japan was the third and least absurd nation that would begin to emerge as a major...

George Answers Your Questions: Political Language and Turkey’s Options

George Friedman - September 20, 2025

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Poland’s Evolution Sept. 8, 2025 Question: Can you explain the policies and philosophical underpinnings defined by the terms “far-right” and...

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Turkey’s Evolution

George Friedman - September 15, 2025

The Anatolian Peninsula was once the center of one of the most powerful empires in history. The Ottoman Empire lasted from the 14th century...

George Answers Your Questions: Leaders and Poland’s Demographics

George Friedman - September 13, 2025

George Friedman’s Note to Readers on New Series: “The 2020s and Its Historic Shift” Sept. 7, 2025 Question: No mention of leadership – good, bad or...

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Poland’s Evolution

George Friedman - September 8, 2025

In the years prior to writing “The Next 100 Years” (published in 2009), I viewed Poland as a nation that had not really recovered...

George Friedman’s Note to Readers on New Series: “The 2020s and Its Historic Shift”

George Friedman - September 7, 2025

In “The Next 100 Years,” written over several years and published in 2009, I made a number of forecasts for the 2020s: The United...

George Answers Your Questions: On Human Nature and Taking the US Seriously

George Friedman - September 6, 2025

Question: It is constantly perplexing that human beings don’t seem to have learnt much over thousands of years. Sure, there have seen advancements in...

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