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Daily Memo: Restrictions Ease and China’s Economy Contracts

Geopolitical Futures - April 17, 2020

It’s perhaps the worse quarter for Beijing since the 1960s.

Daily Memo: Grim Economic Data in the U.S.

Geopolitical Futures - April 16, 2020

Bad news comes as tensions rise in the Persian Gulf and South China Sea.

George Friedman’s Thoughts: Prisms of Thought

George Friedman - April 16, 2020

When I began the Thoughts column, I explained that I was using it as a space for thinking about a new book intended to...

Coronavirus and the Peril of Politicizing Medicine

Alex Berezow - April 14, 2020

Even medical institutions are political.

The Coming Decline of Global Trade

Geopolitical Futures - April 10, 2020

(click to enlarge) The World Trade Organization revised its forecast for global trade this year to reflect the impact of the coronavirus pandemic — and...

Daily Memo: Unemployment and Oil

Geopolitical Futures - April 9, 2020

Insurance claims rose by another 6.6 million in the U.S. as OPEC struggles to stabilize prices.

Daily Memo: Wuhan Opens Up

Cole Altom - April 8, 2020

European mitigation. As Europe struggles against the coronavirus outbreak, its institutions are scrambling for solutions to limit economic and political fallout. Today, the European...