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From the Desk of George Friedman

George Answers Your Questions: The United States, Venezuela, Cuba and the Caribbean

George Friedman - October 25, 2025

First, I must apologize for an error in last week’s piece. The Florida Straits are not the only exit from the Gulf of Mexico. There is another one at the western end of Cuba through the Yucatan Channel that runs south. It is a longer route to Europe, and it could be blocked as well, […]

George Answers Your Questions: Free Speech and the Internet

George Friedman - October 18, 2025

The Internet Today Oct. 16, 2025 Question: Anonymity does create problems, but I do NOT agree that the technologists who created the internet are now publishing companies. Response:...

The Internet Today

George Friedman - October 16, 2025

Editor's Note: In 2017, we published an article titled "The Internet and the Tragedy of the Commons," which argued that anonymity was destroying our...

George Answers Your Questions: Powers Old and New

George Friedman - October 11, 2025

Question: I think your assessment of Hitler and Germany was bang on. Your answer to the question about Germany should be taught in every...

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: The United States

George Friedman - October 6, 2025

In my book “The Next 100 Years,” published in 2009, I predicted that in the 2020s the United States would experience a massive socio-economic...

George Answers Your Questions: Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan, Leaders in History

George Friedman - October 4, 2025

Question: Can Trump’s proposal on Gaza actually bring peace, or will it simply fail as all peace plans in the Middle East seem to...

George Answers Your Questions: Japan’s Demographics, Trump’s Shift on Ukraine

George Friedman - September 27, 2025

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Japan’s Evolution Sept. 22, 2025 Question: What you did not address in this article was Japan’s demographic outlook with negative...

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Japan’s Evolution

George Friedman - September 22, 2025

In “The Next 100 Years,” I asserted that Japan was the third and least absurd nation that would begin to emerge as a major...

George Answers Your Questions: Political Language and Turkey’s Options

George Friedman - September 20, 2025

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Poland’s Evolution Sept. 8, 2025 Question: Can you explain the policies and philosophical underpinnings defined by the terms “far-right” and...

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: Turkey’s Evolution

George Friedman - September 15, 2025

The Anatolian Peninsula was once the center of one of the most powerful empires in history. The Ottoman Empire lasted from the 14th century...

George Answers Your Questions: Leaders and Poland’s Demographics

George Friedman - September 13, 2025

George Friedman’s Note to Readers on New Series: “The 2020s and Its Historic Shift” Sept. 7, 2025 Question: No mention of leadership – good, bad or...