Accurate Forecasts

Understand the future so you can better plan yours.

Read More

Briefs

Continue to the category

Brief: Serbia’s Show of Force to Kosovo

FREE
Geopolitical Futures -
Background: Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, less than 10 years after a NATO-led peacekeeping operation began there. Serbia, however, has yet...
Read more

Brief: The UK and the USMCA

Geopolitical Futures -
Background: The post-Brexit United Kingdom is still trying to define its new role in the international system. London has been trying to replace the...
Read more
View Briefs

Featured

Recent Analysis

Continue to the category

Turkey and Greece Are Talking Again

AnalysisCaroline D. Rose -
The war between Israel and Hamas is testing relationships throughout the Middle East and beyond, but a short distance away two historical enemies, Greece...
Read more

Daily Memo: Israel Update, Problems for British Banking

AnalysisGeopolitical Futures -
Fighting continues. Israel Defense Forces said on Friday they would resume combat operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the group violated the cease-fire...
Read more

Qatar’s Role in the Gaza Conflict

AnalysisKamran Bokhari -
Qatar is a unique state in the Middle East. Despite its small size and tiny population, it is awash in energy resources, ranking number...
Read more

Saudi Arabia Turns to Africa

AnalysisRonan Wordsworth -
Saudi Arabia is increasingly interested in building economic and diplomatic ties with Africa. Not long ago, the continent was nowhere near a priority in...
Read more

A Shift in the EU

FREE
AnalysisGeorge Friedman -
Last week’s election in the Netherlands produced a radical change. Traditionally, the Netherlands is among the most classically liberal states in Europe. But in...
Read more

The High Cost of International Shipping

AnalysisAntonia Colibasanu -
Though the cease-fire in Gaza has eased tensions in the Middle East, the prospects of a wider conflict still remain, and energy markets expect...
Read more

Iraq’s Balancing Act Over Gaza

AnalysisCaroline D. Rose -
In early November, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi officials. It was a notable stop on a...
Read more

Gaza and the Making of a New Middle East Order

AnalysisHilal Khashan -
The ferocity of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas will reshape the Middle East. Its brutality is reminiscent of World War II's final...
Read more

Remember Ukraine?

FREE
AnalysisGeorge Friedman -
Some of you may remember Ukraine. Just a few months ago, it was all the talk. Since then, war has broken out between Hamas...
Read more

What Argentina’s Presidential Election Really Means

AmericasAllison Fedirka -
Argentina held a presidential election on Sunday that could be considered a referendum on the national economy. Argentina abounds with natural resources and potential...
Read more

The Gaza War Threatens Jordan

AnalysisKamran Bokhari -
Unlike previous wars in Gaza, the current conflict has the potential to expand to the West Bank, where clashes involving Palestinians, Jewish settlers and...
Read more

In the US-China Talks, Actions Speak Louder Than Words

AnalysisVictoria Herczegh -
The much-anticipated meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping is finally here. The visit, which takes place today at the...
Read more

What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Trade and the Ancient World

What We're ReadingEkaterina Zolotova -
The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China By Raoul McLaughlin “The Roman...
Read more

What We’re Reading: All About Europe

What We're ReadingFrancesco Casarotto, Valentina Jovanovski -
Europe's Future: Decoupling and Reforming By Sergio Fabbrini Sergio Fabbrini is easily one of the most important political scientists studying EU governance. His essays are required...
Read more

What We’re Reading: Silence and Sleep

What We're ReadingCole Altom, Allison Fedirka -
The Silence By Don DeLillo Last week, a bunch of us Texans prepared for the worst as a winter storm pelted our homes with freezing rain...
Read more

What We’re Reading: Robots and Russian Heroes

What We're ReadingRyan Bridges, Ekaterina Zolotova -
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution By August Cole and P.W. Singer The plot of “Burn-In” is … fine. Written by the same duo...
Read more

Free Special Report

BEST WRITINGS OF
GEORGE FRIEDMAN


FREE
with an annual subscription to Geopolitical Futures

Subscribe Today

George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Read more

Remembering Henry Kissinger

George Friedman -
Henry Kissinger has died at age 100. He was never a man who could be mourned, nor one who would pass away quietly. I...
More from George Friedman
George Friedman’s new book:
The Storm Before the Calm

The Storm before the Calm“Who will win the acrimonious 2020 presidential election? Shockingly, it won’t actually matter that much, argues renowned geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. America, he contends, is governed less by leaders and legislation and more by cyclical forces that work deep within the nation’s unique structure.”
Lone Star Literary Life

Learn More

Daily Memo

What's geopolitically important today.

Daily Memo: Russian Delegation in Niger, AUKUS Talks

Analysis Geopolitical Futures -
Russia and Niger. A delegation of Russian defense officials reportedly arrived in Niger for talks with the country’s defense minister. The meeting took place...
Read more

Media / Interviews

RealClearWorld: Ukraine and the Long War

Geopolitical Futures -
Long wars result from consistent and fundamental errors: underestimating the will and ability of an enemy to resist, overestimating one’s own capabilities, going to war for incorrect or insufficient reasons, or underestimating the degree to which a powerful third party might intervene and shift the balance of power. - George Friedman Full story
More Media / Interviews

Free Special Report

Understanding Our Geopolitical Model

Learn how we predict the outcome of changes that can significantly impact global reality.
Sign up today and receive this Special Report and join our newsletter

Sign up Now

Latest Video

See more videos

Weekly Graphic

See all the weekly graphics

Latest Podcasts

See more podcasts

Trending Content

Read more

Daily Memo: Iran-Turkey Meeting Postponed, Japan and Vietnam Move Closer

AnalysisGeopolitical Futures -
Iranian diplomacy and defense. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi postponed a visit to the Turkish capital planned for Tuesday without giving a reason or a...
Read more

A Shift in the EU

FREE
AnalysisGeorge Friedman -
Last week’s election in the Netherlands produced a radical change. Traditionally, the Netherlands is among the most classically liberal states in Europe. But in...
Read more

Daily Memo: Russia’s Budget Gap, Turkey’s Gas Hub

AnalysisGeopolitical Futures -
Russian deficit. Russia’s Finance Ministry plans to make the governors of select regions personally responsible for the country’s ballooning budget deficit. The heads of...
Read more

The High Cost of International Shipping

AnalysisAntonia Colibasanu -
Though the cease-fire in Gaza has eased tensions in the Middle East, the prospects of a wider conflict still remain, and energy markets expect...
Load more

Special Report:

The Geopolitics of Donald Trump

“There are those who regard Donald Trump as too stupid to make decisions. There are others who regard him as a brilliant if instinctive crafter of policy. What we know of him is this. "

Read More

Forecasts

The World in 2020

Read now

The Road to 2040

We look into the future and forecast what the world…

Read now

The World in 2019

One era is ending and another will soon begin.

Read now

Read our annual or long term forecasts.

Forecasts

Regional Directory

Free Special Report

Understanding Our Geopolitical Model

Learn how we predict the outcome of changes that can significantly impact global reality.
Sign up today and receive this Special Report and join our newsletter.

Sign up Now

Support

(e-mail address hidden - enable JavaScript to display)

Toll Free: 1-888-982-8217
International Callers: 1-512-687-3444

Copyright © 2023 Geopolitical Futures®. All rights reserved.

Get Geopolitical Futures FREE newsletter

Understanding Our Geopolitical Model

Sign up now and receive our special report Understanding our Geopolitical Model

Get weekly analysis from New York Times bestselling author George Friedman and our global team of analysts, plus special offers.

Subscribe Now

The Geopolitics of the American President

FREE with an annual subscription to Geopolitical Futures.

Subscribe Now