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Will the Coronavirus Forge a Brave New World?

Alex Berezow -

Of all the major geopolitical players on the planet, Mother Nature may be the toughest adversary. Nature has neither imperatives nor constraints to guide its behavior. Rather, it operates off general patterns that occur under various conditions. While the patterns provide broad strokes of expected behavior, it strikes mostly randomly. Even predictable phenomena, such as […]

Mother Nature as a Geopolitical Force

Alex Berezow -
History is biased, and not just because the victors tend to write it. The study of history is largely the study of humankind –...

Russia’s Choice: Its Buffer Zone or Its Economy

Ekaterina Zolotova -
The coronavirus slowdown is forcing the Kremlin to confront decisions about its gas sales sooner than it had hoped.

Daily Memo: China Fires Back

Geopolitical Futures -
Beijing is making good on threats to retaliate against countries that hold it responsible for the pandemic.

Four Coronavirus Lessons That We Will (or Won’t) Learn

Alex Berezow -
How would we respond differently if another outbreak happened?

Medical, Economic, Social, Military: The State of Play

George Friedman -
A riot broke out in a poor, predominantly Muslim neighborhood north of Paris over the weekend. The immediate cause was a traffic offense and...

Daily Memo: In Asia, China Gets Defensive as Restrictions Ease

Geopolitical Futures -
Some countries have declared victory over the outbreak.

Daily Memo: The U.S. and Iran Are at It Again

Geopolitical Futures -
Tensions are raising as the world reckons with the economic impact of the pandemic.

Daily Memo: Watching What We Eat

Geopolitical Futures -
The U.N. food program released some troubling numbers earlier this week.

Daily Memo: Restrictions Ease and China’s Economy Contracts

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

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

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

George Friedman’s Thoughts: Prisms of Thought

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