Geopolitical Futures
| George Friedman | |
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Friedman in 2017
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| Born |
Friedman György February 1, 1949 Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures (since 2015) and Stratfor (1996–2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Meredith Friedman (née LeBard) |
| Children | 4 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | City College of New York |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Thesis | The Political Philosophy of the Frankfurt School (1977) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political scientist |
| Institutions | Dickinson College |
George Friedman (born February 1, 1949) is a U.S. geopolitical forecaster, and strategist on international affairs. He is the founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, a new online publication that analyzes and forecasts the course of global events. Prior to founding Geopolitical Futures, Friedman was chairman of Stratfor, the private intelligence publishing and consulting firm he founded in 1996. Friedman resigned from Stratfor in May 2015.
Friedman was born in Budapest, Hungary to Jewish parents who survived the Holocaust. His family fled Hungary when he was a child to escape the Communist regime, settling first in a camp for displaced persons in Austria and then emigrating to the United States, where he attended public schools in New York City, and was an early designer of computerized war games. Friedman describes his family’s story as “a very classic story of refugees making a new life in America." He received a B.A. at the City College of New York, where he majored in political science, and a Ph.D. in government at Cornell University.
Prior to joining the private sector, Friedman regularly briefed senior commanders in the armed services as well as the Office of Net Assessments, SHAPE Technical Center, the U.S. Army War College, National Defense University and the RAND Corporation, on security and national defense matters.
Friedman pursued political philosophy with his early work focusing on Marxism, as well as international conflict, including examination of the U.S.-Soviet relationship from a military perspective. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he studied potential for a U.S.-Japan conflict and co-authored The Coming War with Japan in 1991.
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