Geopolitical Futures

New land-based measures in the US-Iran war mark a significant evolution in U.S. strategy amid mounting economic pressures at the Strait of Hormuz and the apparent backlash in the U.S. midterm elections.

Kamran Bokhari has this analysis: geopoliticalfutures.com/the-next-phase…

GPF Chairman @George_Friedman spoke this week at the @UBS Australasia Conference in #Sydney, on the age of reinvention.

Negotiations on the Next Israeli Government
Israeli President Isaac Herzog over the weekend gave opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a new government following national elections last month. Eisenkot now has 28 days, with a possible additional 14.

Though neither Eisenkot’s coalition nor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition won enough seats to take power, Netanyahu has called for a unity government involving both candidates. Eisenkot responded by saying Netanyahu’s party would be welcome to join a government under Eisenkot as prime minister.

GPF Chairman @George_Friedman discusses the latest developments at #Nvidia after CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. He speaks with @BloombergAsia Haidi Stroud-Watts on the sidelines of the #UBS Australasia Conference in Sydney. bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

On Nov. 10, Russia and Ukraine are slated to meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss de-escalation, ending the war and, ultimately, establishing post-war security arrangements. The United States will mediate, and it seems as though Washington is actively pushing an initiative to bring the conflict to a close.

The fighting, meanwhile, remains tense as attacks on critical infrastructure by both sides continue. GPF's Ekaterina Zolotova has this analysis of what the talks are really about: geopoliticalfutures.com/moscow-manages…