HomeFrom the Desk of George Friedman

From the Desk of George Friedman

Of Belarus, China and Watching a Perfect Game Pitched

George Friedman -
There are moments in history when disparate global events combine to change the shape of the global system. People like me long for these...

Hiroshima and Moral Revisionism

George Friedman -
Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first of two strikes on the Japanese mainland that forever changed...

The Geopolitics of the Belarusian Election

George Friedman -
Belarus, whose recent elections are making waves throughout the media, has been a pending flashpoint in Europe for some time. The reasons for this...

Machiavelli, Adam Smith and the Limits of Power

George Friedman -
Niccolo Machiavelli was deeply engaged in Florentine politics but, being forced into exile in 1513, was never as successful as he wished he were.

From a COVID-19 Recession to COVID-19 Depression?

George Friedman -
It’s been roughly five months since COVID-19 lockdown measures were first put in place. That means that come September, we will have gone two...

Forecasting Russia: Strength and Weakness

George Friedman -
Our forecast for Russia, dating back to my earliest books, was two-fold: first, that Russia would reassert itself and at least appear to be...

Racial Cycles

George Friedman -
Slavery was the law of the land when the United States was founded, and it would take nearly a century, and a civil war,...

Dignity in Our Time

George Friedman -
I went once to the funeral of a friend, a soldier. He had died an ordinary death, a car crash that left his parents...

The Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales

George Friedman -
The British recently finished building two new aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales. Last week, Britain announced that one of...

The Future of Coronavirus: A Modest Proposal

George Friedman -
George Friedman’s thoughts in and around geopolitics.

The Truth About the US-China Thucydides Trap

George Friedman -
We remember Thucydides as a historian thanks to his documentation of the Peloponnesian War, but we often forget that he was also a philosopher....

Facing Our Past

George Friedman -
Perhaps the one unmistakable truth of the human condition is that we all live in the past. We are born in a place to...
1...282930...51Page 29 of 51

Latest Posts

Continue to the category

Support

(e-mail address hidden - enable JavaScript to display)

Toll Free: 1-888-982-8217
International Callers: 1-512-687-3444

Copyright © 2024 Geopolitical Futures®. All rights reserved.

Get Geopolitical Futures FREE newsletter

Understanding Our Geopolitical Model

Sign up now and receive our special report Understanding our Geopolitical Model

Get weekly analysis from New York Times bestselling author George Friedman and our global team of analysts, plus special offers.

Subscribe Now

The World Explained in Maps

FREE with an annual subscription to Geopolitical Futures.

Subscribe Now