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Daily Memo: Kazakh Energy for Europe, Roscosmos-NASA Talks

Kazakh exemption. The European Union has decided to allow the delivery of Kazakh coal...

Foreign Investment in Latin America

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(click to enlarge) Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean grew steadily in 2024, but the trend may slow this year. Much of...

US Inflation: Deferred but Not Forgotten

(click to enlarge) As Washington’s protectionist trade policies tighten, the question remains how much tariffs will affect price growth inside the United States. On the...

Tariffs Target Southeast Asia

(click to enlarge) Since 2016, the share of U.S. imports from China has fallen by nearly half, while imports from the Association of Southeast Asian...

Cautiously Optimistic EU Economic Data

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(click to enlarge) In the first quarter of 2025, the eurozone recorded 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter GDP growth, doubling the 0.3 percent rate seen in the...

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Russia’s Peaceful Atom Strategy

Russia is making a serious foray into nuclear diplomacy abroad. Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation and a leader in the global nuclear industry,...

Trade Deals Put the Screws to Russia

The United States and the European Union announced a new trade framework on July...

The Geopolitics of Drugs

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Last month, President Donald Trump declared – not for the first time – the...

America in Transition

From disruption to reconstruction.

China’s Peacemaker Image Takes a Hit

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran has intensified global criticism of China’s strategic...

As Syria Goes, So Goes the Middle East

Situated at the crossroads of more powerful countries, Syria is the fulcrum of a...

Pushback in Panama

Washington’s strategy to advance U.S. interests in Latin America is inherently vulnerable. Broadly speaking,...

Putin’s Dilemma

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In analyzing the process by which the Russia-Ukraine war will end, the most critical...
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The Geopolitics of Drugs

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

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US Bargaining With China and Russia

With the arrival of the second Trump administration, great power competition is at an inflection point. Both Russia and China face internal crises that...

American Naval Policy and China

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have...

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What Does a Desperate Putin Do? George Friedman on Russia, Trump and Peace

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Before he was elected for his second presidential term, Donald Trump promised to end the Ukraine war in one day. Last week, Trump gave Vladimir Putin a 50-day deadline to come to a peace deal on Ukraine before more sanctions will kick in on Russia and anyone who trades with Russia. In a recent live discussion with our Charter ClubGPF members, GPF Chairman George Friedman broke down what 'winning' actually means in the context of the war, Putin's threat of tactical nuclear weapons, and how Europe is preparing for the worst.

Daily Memo: Syria and Ukraine Seek Foreign Support

Syria’s appeals. Syria asked Turkey to help bolster its defenses and fight terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State group, according to the Turkish Defense...

Pushback in Panama

Washington’s strategy to advance U.S. interests in Latin America is inherently vulnerable. Broadly speaking, it uses national security and economic arguments to justify its...

Daily Memo: Iran Coordinates With Russia and China, Syrian Kurds Face Ultimatum

Nuclear talks. Representatives from Russia, China and Iran met in Tehran to discuss their response to Western threats of renewed sanctions against Iran over...

Putin’s Dilemma

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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...

Daily Memo: Iran Open to Talks With US

Talks with conditions. Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said Tehran will consider Russian and other proposals for talks with the United States if they permit...

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