HomeFrom the Desk of George Friedman

From the Desk of George Friedman

George Answers Your Questions: US Interests in the Russia-Ukraine War

George Friedman - August 23, 2025

What to Make of the Alaska Summit Aug. 18, 2025 Question: Why do you assert that the survival of Ukraine as an independent, sovereign state is not in the U.S. interest? If there is no danger to U.S. interests, why bother sending billions in funds and weapons to Ukraine? Response: The fundamental concern of the […]

What to Make of the Alaska Summit

George Friedman - August 18, 2025

The media have portrayed the summit in Alaska, where U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met to discuss a resolution of...

George Answers Your Questions: AI in Analysis, Military Spending as a Path to Peace

George Friedman - August 16, 2025

Question: Hi George. Please, no more AI-generated articles! They lack the insight and brevity normally associated with your team. This is the fifth or...

On the Upcoming Trump-Putin Summit and Tariffs on India

George Friedman - August 11, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15. They had spoken many...

George Answers Your Questions: Turkey’s Potential and Israel’s Challenges

George Friedman - August 9, 2025

Turkey's Time to Rise Aug. 4, 2025 Question: Under its current leadership, Turkey is in decline and may soon disintegrate, potentially transforming into an Islamic republic...

Turkey’s Time to Rise

George Friedman - August 4, 2025

“The Next 100 Years,” which was published some 15 years ago, forecast the emergence of three significant powers over the next few decades: Japan,...

George Answers Your Questions: On Drugs and Immigration

George Friedman - August 2, 2025

The Geopolitics of Drugs July 28, 2025 Question: The legalization of drugs might get rid of the cartels, but it also might increase drug use. Is...

The Geopolitics of Drugs

George Friedman - July 28, 2025

Last month, President Donald Trump declared – not for the first time – the drug cartels in Latin America to be international terrorists. And...

George Answers Your Questions: Putin’s Dilemma

George Friedman - July 26, 2025

Putin's Dilemma July 22, 2025 Question: Do you think either of these are likely to happen? Russia will have in the future a paradigm shift that...

Putin’s Dilemma

George Friedman - July 22, 2025

In analyzing the process by which the Russia-Ukraine war will end, the most critical factor, as I have argued before, is that by not...

George Answers Your Questions: Floods and Demographics

George Friedman - July 19, 2025

Floods in the Texas Hill Country: Reflections on a Catastrophe July 14, 2025 Question: You’ve written that the lack of warning on the flooding was due...