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From the Desk of George Friedman

US Withdrawal From the Middle East

George Friedman - June 22, 2021

The United States is withdrawing air defense capabilities from several Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan, with most of the withdrawals...

Summits and the Personal Understanding They Foster

George Friedman - June 18, 2021

As the week of meetings in Europe ends, many wonder what the varied personalities have brought us. In particular, we wonder whether U.S. President...

What Does It Mean to Rejoin Europe?

George Friedman - June 15, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe has thus far pivoted around the single issue on which almost the entire world agrees: Biden is...

Russia as a Developing Nation

George Friedman - June 8, 2021

Richard Moore, who heads Britain’s foreign intelligence service, or MI6, was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying that “Russia is an objectively weakening...

An Obituary for My Friend

George Friedman - June 4, 2021

In 2003, I received a call from someone named Jim Hornfischer, a literary agent whom I had never heard of or met, but who...

A Russian Move in Europe

George Friedman - June 1, 2021

Russia and the European Union held a conference last week, during which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a speech: “The situation remains...

COVID-19: Made in China?

George Friedman - May 25, 2021

In a recent interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked whether he was confident that COVID-19 developed naturally. He has long maintained that though it...

Bill Gates, Monks and Nerds

George Friedman - May 21, 2021

Ken Olsen was the CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation, a powerful competitor to IBM in massive corporate and government computing. I learned to program...