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From the Desk of George Friedman

George Answers Your Questions: On Nuclear Weapons, and Tariffs and the Supreme Court

George Answers Your Questions: European Nuclear Umbrella, Risks of a United Europe Feb. 21, 2026 Question: Good response on Europe’s nuclear umbrella, but many observers forget that the U.S. Navy has 18 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and over 34 nuclear Los Angeles-class attack submarines floating around the world’s oceans, some attached to the U.S. Navy’s […]

The US Supreme Court and Geopolitics

I’d like to begin by issuing a disclaimer: I am neither a lawyer nor a constitutional scholar, but I would like to share some...

George Answers Your Questions: European Nuclear Umbrella, Risks of a United Europe

Munich Security Conference and Europe’s Future Feb. 16, 2026 Question: Although the Europeans have some nuclear capability of their own, it is utterly insufficient to dissuade...

Munich Security Conference and Europe’s Future

Representatives from more than 115 countries gathered over the weekend for the annual Munich Security Conference. Little of substance usually emerges from this meeting,...

George Answers Your Questions: The US, Iran, Nukes and a 9/11 Scenario

The US, Iran, Nukes and a 9/11 Scenario Feb. 9, 2026 Question: I find it difficult to believe that Washington truly views the Iranian nuclear program...

The US, Iran, Nukes and a 9/11 Scenario

The United States has entered indirect talks with Tehran over the future of Iran’s nuclear program. Geopolitically, Iran should not be a fundamental issue...

George Answers Your Questions: Comparing US Cycles

George Answers Your Questions: The Dubai Talks on the Ukraine War Jan. 31, 2026 Question: You have written about the 80-year institutional cycle and the 50-year...

The US, Canada and the Nature of Middle Powers

If nations were thought of as individuals, then the relationship between the United States and Canada would be that of two humans living side...

George Answers Your Questions: The Dubai Talks on the Ukraine War

The Dubai Talks on the Ukraine War Jan. 26, 2026 Question: Will a weakened Russia drift toward the North Korean and Iranian models of instability, propped...

The Dubai Talks on the Ukraine War

Representatives from the United States, Russia and Ukraine held talks over the weekend in Dubai on ending the war in Ukraine. There’s evidence to...

George Answers Your Questions: Personal or Systemic Failings

Confession: I Can’t Figure Out Trump’s Latest Move Jan. 19, 2026 Question: Why don’t you realize Donald Trump is a mentally unbalanced narcissist and therefore his...

Confession: I Can’t Figure Out Trump’s Latest Move

The task I have dedicated my career to is understanding the things that nations must do and what they must not do. I see...

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