HomeFrom the Desk of George Friedman

From the Desk of George Friedman

On Leadership, Virtue and Vice

George Friedman - February 20, 2020

June 21, 2017 In Britain, Theresa May failed to understand that leadership is more important than management.

New US Strategy and Technology

George Friedman - February 18, 2020

The world is facing a fundamental strategic and technical shift in both the geopolitics of war and its dynamic. The shift is being driven...

George Friedman’s Thoughts: Variations on Apocalypse

George Friedman - February 13, 2020

I have been thinking and writing about the coronavirus in China. In general, I’ve focused on its geopolitical aspect, on its effect on Chinese...

China, Ultra-Competence and Coronavirus

George Friedman - February 11, 2020

The Communist revolution brought to power Mao Zedong. It created a state based on ideology, the belief that what would emerge from the long...

George Friedman’s Thoughts: Deep Geopolitics

George Friedman - February 6, 2020

Geopolitics is, on the surface, about the relationship between nations and geography. At a deeper level, it is about nations and necessity and predictability....

The Geopolitics of the Novel Coronavirus

George Friedman - February 4, 2020

Geopolitics is a fairly slow-moving process that unfolds in predictable ways. This is usually the case. There are then moments when a wild card...

George Friedman’s Thoughts: From the Carpathians to Virginia

George Friedman - January 30, 2020

Last week, I wrote about two brothers who lived as enemies and stopped speaking to each other. They believed, and others concurred, that the...

The Fragmentation of the European Union

George Friedman - January 28, 2020

At the end of this week, the United Kingdom, the second-largest economy in Europe, will exit the European Union. Meanwhile, Poland is under intense...

Methodology and Empathetic Analysis

George Friedman - January 23, 2020

I have spent a great deal of time trying to lay the groundwork for an approach to understanding the relations between nations. I was...

Russia’s Puzzling Moves

George Friedman - January 21, 2020

Over the past few weeks, two odd things have happened in Russia. The first is that Russian President Vladimir Putin has restructured the government....