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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 hand tied behind their backs for years, because they haven’t been able to attack the ene...

The Age of Friedman

The Tension Between the Geopolitical and the Political in the Iran War

The agreement reached Sunday between Iran and the United States does not end the war. It is essentially a 60-day ceasefire agreement, during which the major issues of the war will...

George Answers Your Questions: After the US-China Summit

After the US-China Summit May 18, 2026 Question: I am not seeing the bits about China abandoning communist ideology in the quotes that are presented. What should we make of this fa...

George Answers Your Questions: The Tension Between the Geopolitical and the Political in the Iran War

The Tension Between the Geopolitical and the Political in the Iran War June 16, 2026 Question: Can you explain the turn in Trump’s direction? It seems that following his meeting wi...

US-Israel Alliance in Crisis: George Friedman Explains

Does Donald Trump’s tirade to Benjamin Netanyahu signal the fracture of the historic alliance between the United States and Israel? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chai...

US-Israel Alliance in Crisis: George Friedman Explains

Does Trump’s tirade to Netanyahu signal the fracture of the historic alliance between the United States and Israel? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Frie...

Crisis in Cuba: George Friedman on the Return of US Pressure

History echoes as the US increases pressure on Cuba once again. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss Cuba’s un...

George Answers Your Questions: The US-China Summit and Cuba

George Answers Your Questions: After the US-China Summit May 23, 2026 Question: “Socialist Market Economy with Chinese Characteristics” is the CCP’s official framing for its politi...

George Answers Your Questions: Israel’s Strategic Problem

Israel’s Strategic Problem June 2, 2026 Question: What accommodation does a country seek with those who want to destroy it? I’m not being rhetorical. Response: The first step in th...

George Answers Your Questions: Reflecting on D-Day

Reflecting on D-Day June 8, 2026 Question: The U.S. and Germany were already fighting an undeclared war in the North Atlantic (American ships were attacked and one sunk), and Germa...

A Critical Point in the Iran War

After three months, the war in Iran has reached a critical point. The conflict itself has become frozen in a way. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps remains in control, and it d...

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 invisible hand was an argument for limitations on the r...

After the US-China Summit

The summit between presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump took place on May 14. The media has focused on the facts that little was achieved and, especially, that Xi insisted China...

George Answers Your Questions: Cuba Moves Under US Pressure

Cuba Moves Under US Pressure June 22, 2026 Question: Unfortunately, having the U.S. meddling into how Cuba will be governed in the future is the worst possible solution, as history...

Putin is Running Out of Options: George Friedman on Negotiation vs. Escalation

Will a Russian energy crisis finally lead to a negotiated settlement, or are we headed towards nuclear war? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joi...

Cuba Moves Under US Pressure

Cuba’s president went on television last week to announce profound changes in the economy. Cuba formally remains a communist country, although it is not one Karl Marx would recogni...

The US-Iran “Gut Check” and the Future of European Defense

This week’s NATO summit in Turkey left big questions about the war in Iran and America’s role in European defense. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Fried...

Reflecting on D-Day

I am writing this on June 6, 2026, 82 years after Gen. Dwight Eisenhower ordered Operation Overlord. That order – and the operation’s success – guaranteed the defeat of Nazi German...

The Meaning of Memorial Day

Editor’s note: To mark Memorial Day in the United States, we are republishing this article, originally published on May 28, 2019. I’m writing this on Memorial Day, a day dedicated...

A Major Move by India

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

Thomas L. Friedman on the Clash at the Core of the Iran Deal

Thomas L. Friedman on the Clash at the Core of the Iran Deal How the world views of Jared Kushner and the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran can help explain the issue at the...

The US-Iran “Gut Check” and the Future of European Defense

This week’s NATO summit in Turkey left big questions about the war in Iran and America’s role in European defense. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Fried...

Why the US-Iran Deal Could End in Crisis

Is the US-Iran agreement a real move toward peace or just a fragile memorandum? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to d...