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From the Desk of George Friedman

The Tedium of Passion

George Friedman - October 8, 2020

I normally try to forget the books I write, at least for a while. They can be a trap, enclosing you forever. But I can’t escape the last book I wrote, “The Storm Before the Calm,” about the anger that would encompass American life for at least the first part of this decade. I drew […]

Conflict in the Caucasus and the New American Strategy

George Friedman - October 6, 2020

During the Cold War, the United States opposed the Soviet Union wherever the Soviet Union sought to make inroads. Some interventions were necessary and...

On Presidential Debates

George Friedman - October 1, 2020

As I write this, my wife is watching the presidential debate in another room. I am sitting alone and sipping a port because I...

The Fighting in the Caucasus

George Friedman - September 29, 2020

Fighting has broken out again over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave inside Azerbaijan nominally controlled by Azerbaijan but governed by ethnic Armenians. Since the fall of...

Thoughts at 30,000 Feet

George Friedman - September 24, 2020

There was a time when a flight to a place far away would thrill me. But that was long ago, and it is no...

Encountering Korea

George Friedman - September 17, 2020

Arriving at the international airport at Incheon, now a global transport hub, I received instructions for South Korea’s coronavirus screening procedures. Incheon will always...

Belarus’ Next Episode

George Friedman - September 15, 2020

Public demonstrations against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko have intensified. Looked at casually, it seems unlikely that his presidency can survive. If the protesters are...