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From the Desk of George Friedman

When You’re Wounded and Left on Afghanistan’s Plains

George Friedman - August 20, 2021

I was shocked by what happened in Afghanistan in the past week or so. Not because I didn’t expect it – President Joe Biden...

Facing Reality: A New American Strategy

George Friedman - August 17, 2021

The United States has been at war for almost the entire 21st century, and it’s only 2021. In contrast, the United States was at...

Russian Worries of Collapse

George Friedman - August 13, 2021

“External threats … are understandable. When we are threatened, we understand who is threatening, what they are threatening , we know what they are...

Why America Loses Wars

George Friedman - August 10, 2021

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is moving to its inevitable conclusion. The Taliban, the radical Islamists the U.S. was fighting, are taking back control...

‘Is That All There Is?’

George Friedman - August 6, 2021

There are times in our lives when we are tired – tired in an existential sense, a sense of having seen everything there is...

China and the Element of Surprise

George Friedman - August 3, 2021

A war between China and the United States would be a war between peer powers. That’s not to say they are identical powers; all...

COVID and Cars

George Friedman - July 30, 2021

We have moved into the true second phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous phases were merely passing bubbles. This one appears real. Until now,...

The Geopolitics of Heartbreak

George Friedman - July 23, 2021

The U.S. military presence in Afghanistan is winding down, just as it had in Iraq and Vietnam. There are always those who believe wars...

Killer Facebook

George Friedman - July 21, 2021

Social media began as an oddity growing out of another oddity, the internet. It has grown into a powerful global force, both instrumental in...

A Motherless Child

George Friedman - July 16, 2021

A couple of nights ago, my wife and I discovered something startling about each other. While we were young children, we were both in...

Biden and Merkel to Meet

George Friedman - July 13, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are scheduled to meet Thursday in Washington, where they are expected to discuss issues such...

The 20-Year War

George Friedman - July 9, 2021

On Sept. 11, 2001, a special operations team created by al-Qaida attacked the United States, hijacking commercial airplanes to target psychologically significant structures. I...

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