A ceasefire is in place, but negotiations are once again breaking down over the conflict in Iran. Are we any closer to a long-term solution? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss the stalled negotiations, the impacts of the US blockade on Iranian ports, and why this new strategy could be more about China tha...

A ceasefire is in place, but negotiations are once again breaking down over the conflict in Iran. Are we any closer to a long-term solution?

On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss the stalled negotiations, the impacts of the US blockade on Iranian ports, and why this new strategy could be more about Ch...

Russia and China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in China on an official visit. He’s scheduled to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss a range of bilateral issues, as well as the situations in Ukraine and the Middle East. Chinese foreign policy. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday presented […]

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During the Cold War, there was a certain logic to the nuclear balance of power that kept things relatively orderly. The ability to strike another nation, for example, was predicated on predictable delivery systems, survivable second-strike forces and a healthy U.S.-Soviet bipolar structure. It wasn’t without risk, but the fact that both sides assumed their […]

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Hormuz blockade. The United States will begin a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on April 13, President Donald Trump announced over the weekend. The U.S. plans to block all ships entering and leaving Iranian ports, but it will not obstruct movement for vessels traveling to and from non-Iranian ports. No deal. The announcement was […]

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