South Pacific

Daily Memo: Exploiting Opportunities and Preventing Exploitation in a Pandemic

Geopolitical Futures - April 20, 2020

Hong Kong containment. The COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong has done to pro-democracy protests what police never quite could, and China is trying to press its advantage. On Saturday, Hong Kong police arrested 15 prominent activists, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai and Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, on charges of joining a number of unlawful […]

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...

The Indo-Pacific After COVID-19

Phillip Orchard - April 8, 2020

In late March, senior officials from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a loose coalition of the Indo-Pacific’s four most powerful democracies, quietly launched a series...

Supply Chains and a Novel Path to Conflict

George Friedman - April 7, 2020

Though “supply chain” became a household term only in the past generation, it has been around since humans have been engaging in commerce. One...

Daily Memo: OPEC+ Delays, Japan Mobilizes

Geopolitical Futures - April 6, 2020

OPEC+ pause. Saudi Arabia and Russia have delayed an OPEC+ meeting intended to negotiate production cuts. Instead of meeting on Monday as promised, the...