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Daily Memo: Maritime Developments in the Middle East and Europe

New route. The UAE is considering building a new port to bypass the Strait...

Turkey’s Ascent as a Defense Industrial Player

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(click to enlarge) Turkey’s defense industry is expanding rapidly. The country became the world’s 11th-largest supplier of arms exports recently, while its share of global...

The Race for Energy Security

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(click to enlarge) The International Energy Agency released its 2026 energy investment report, highlighting the key investment regions and sectors as the world continues to...

Expanding the Copperbelt’s Atlantic Export Routes

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(click to enlarge) U.S. strategy toward African critical minerals is changing rapidly. The United States’ Millennium Challenge Corporation has agreed to expand the use of...

Iran War Drains US Oil Reserves

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(click to enlarge) The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve remains one of Washington’s most important tools for managing energy-market disruptions, but the Iran war has exposed...

NATO Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

The most recent NATO summit, held in Ankara on July 7, marked a new...

A Major Move by India

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Years ago, we at GPF predicted that the United States would try to reduce...
2025 Forecast:
The World Without an Anchor

The international order is about to get less orderly.

George Answers Your Questions: A Strange Article from Tass and The Conception and Birth of the United States

A Strange Article from Tass July 6, 2026 Question: The Russians have been fighting with one...

Russia’s Size and Centralization Become Liabilities

This week, a drone threat was declared for the first time ever in the...

The Red Sea: A Strategic Basin Far Beyond the Houthi Threat

Security in the Red Sea basin is often boiled down to one thing: the...

Adam Smith and the Defense Industry

Adam Smith was the father of modern economics. As laid out in his book...
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A Major Move by India

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Years ago, we at GPF predicted that the United States would try to reduce its involvement in the Eastern Hemisphere. Aside from his actions...

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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...

Europe: The Agony and Ecstasy of US Relations

One of the most pressing geopolitical issues Europe faces is its evolving relationship with the United States. This relationship will be critical as Europe...

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Russia’s Size and Centralization Become Liabilities

This week, a drone threat was declared for the first time ever in the Russian regions of Novosibirsk and Omsk, according to the Russian...

Daily Memo: US-Iran Tensions, Lavrov in Niger

Looking ahead. The United States is preparing for a multi-day or even multi-week exchange of fire with Iran in response to Tehran’s attacks on...

The Red Sea: A Strategic Basin Far Beyond the Houthi Threat

Security in the Red Sea basin is often boiled down to one thing: the Yemeni Houthi rebels’ ability to disrupt commercial shipping, particularly as...

Daily Memo: US and Iran Trade Strikes

Renewed fighting. The United States launched airstrikes against Iran in response to Iranian attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S....

Adam Smith and the Defense Industry

Adam Smith was the father of modern economics. As laid out in his book “The Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,” the...

Daily Memo: High Hopes for US-Turkey Meeting

Hopeful meeting. Turkey is optimistic that Tuesday’s meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump in Ankara could mark a turning...