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Daily Memo: Bad News for Wage Workers and Exporters

Geopolitical Futures - March 26, 2020

Unemployment claims have soared to historic levels.

The Coronavirus and the Rural-Urban Divide

Antonia Colibasanu - March 25, 2020

The pandemic will deepen differences between the urban and the rural.

Daily Memo: Some Optimism Amid Lockdowns

Geopolitical Futures - March 24, 2020

Italy recorded its second straight day of reduced cases.

Quarantine and the Supply Chain

George Friedman - March 17, 2020

The global medical community appears to have devised a strategy for mitigating the coronavirus that depends largely on quarantine, or limiting contact among the...

Daily Memo: The Limits of the Coronavirus, Global Security Issues, the German Economy

Geopolitical Futures - February 14, 2020

The grimmest estimates can be helpful for policymakers to know what they need to prepare for.

Daily Memo: Idlib Tests Turkey’s Patience, India-Australia Cooperation, North Korea Low on Cash

Geopolitical Futures - January 29, 2020

Turkey accused Russia of failing to live up to its promises, and the Bank of Korea said Pyongyang was running out of cash.

The Geopolitical Consequences of Australia’s Wildfires

Allison Fedirka - January 20, 2020

The tragedy has been well documented, but its potential global effects have not.

Geopolitical Futures’ Forecast for 2020

Geopolitical Futures - January 6, 2020

Introduction A year is an arbitrary moment. It is short, its length determined by a planet’s rotation around a sun. It is merely a moment...

Forecast Tracker: 2019 Year-End Review

Geopolitical Futures - January 1, 2020

(click to enlarge) Scale: Hit, Partial Hit, Inconclusive, Partial Miss, Miss A Cycle Ends The U.S. and China will reach a deal on trade, but it won’t...