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

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran has intensified global criticism of China’s strategic posture in the Middle East.

Big deal. The U.K. and India signed a major free trade deal. It’s expected to result in 6 billion British pounds ($8 billion) ...

Before he was elected for his second presidential term, Donald Trump promised to end the Ukraine war in one day. Last week, ...

Situated at the crossroads of more powerful countries, Syria is the fulcrum of a tumultuous region. What happens to the ...

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

Geopolitical Futures (GPF) was founded in 2015 by George Friedman, international strategist and author of The Storm Before the Calm and The Next 100 Years. GPF is non-ideological, analyzes the world ...

George Friedman is an internationally recognized geopolitical forecaster and strategist on international affairs and the founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Friedman is also a New York ...

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 defeating Ukraine, Russia already has lost the war. Russian ...

For more than a generation, the international system was organized along the lines of the Cold War. Though the United States ...

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

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