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From the Desk of George Friedman

Dark Reflections on Travel

George Friedman - November 4, 2022

Meredith and I left Austin on Oct. 20 and went to The Citadel, where I lectured intelligence experts on intelligence. From there we went to the U.S. Naval Institute, where I lectured naval officers on how to fight a naval war. We then went to New York, where I explained to a delicatessen owner the […]

The Valdai Club

George Friedman - November 1, 2022

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the Valdai Club, a Moscow-based think tank where serious matters are discussed, and where Russian policy...

Hu Jintao

George Friedman - October 24, 2022

An extraordinary thing happened in China at the final meeting of the party congress over the weekend. Hu Jintao, the previous president of China,...

Around the World in 25 Days

George Friedman - October 21, 2022

As I write this, my wife and I are preparing to take the world’s largest commercial airplane, the double-decker Airbus A380, for a flight...

Still a Unipolar World

George Friedman - October 18, 2022

In recent weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the United States is trying to impose a new world order, one designed to control...

Not Just Another UN Vote

George Friedman - October 14, 2022

The hope that Franklin Roosevelt had for the United Nations was never fully realized. Nations have their interests, and they are not about to...

A New Command for the Same War

George Friedman - October 11, 2022

A few days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to replace the military commander in charge of the Ukraine war with Gen. Sergei Surovikin,...

Reviewing ‘Blind Spot’

George Friedman - October 7, 2022

I was invited to review a book written by Jon Clifton titled “Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It.”...

What Is Russia Thinking??

George Friedman - October 4, 2022

The reason for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was clear: Moscow wanted strategic depth. Nothing Russia has done since, however, has been clear. The military...

Dissenting Opinions: The Complexity of Naming Things

George Friedman - September 30, 2022

Editor’s note: We at GPF are a group of (more or less) like-minded individuals writing for a common purpose – to make sense of...

Immigration, the Economy and the Italian Election

George Friedman - September 27, 2022

Italy elected a hard-right party in parliamentary elections held over the weekend. The result indicates that Italians are unhappy with the country’s reality. Italy...

How to Fight a Nuclear War

George Friedman - September 23, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s occasional threat of nuclear war has achieved its desired goal: to create a sense of catastrophe if the West, and...

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