From the Desk of George Friedman

Sept. 6, 2017 Poland is changing Europe whether Brussels approves or not.

Aug. 30, 2017 Only some natural disasters can change the behavior of nations. Harvey may be one such disaster.

Aug. 23, 2017 The attacks in Spain are geopolitically important for the context in which they occurred.

Aug. 16, 2017 Midway closed the door on any hope of Japanese victory, but Guadalcanal locked it.

Aug. 9, 2017 North Korea exposes itself to more risk by obtaining nuclear weapons, but it increases its leverage by being close.

Aug. 2, 2017 It’s hard to build a national policy on the assumption that these weapons moderate the depraved.

July 26, 2017 Whatever the intent of the propaganda and the hacks, the Russians are back where they started.

July 19, 2017 The appearance of weakness might be Moscow’s biggest threat.

July 5, 2017 The U.S. and Poland have similar interests, particularly when it comes to Russia.

June 28, 2017 Japan has a remarkable ability to transform itself without social upheaval.

June 14, 2017 The U.S. convinced Arab governments to work together against jihadism. Now it needs to focus them.

June 7, 2017 Japan’s defeat at Midway was a freak, and that freak created the world we live in.