Introduction
As weapons systems became increasingly complex with industrialisation—and especially during the technological explosions of the First and Second World Wars—specific breakthrough…
Global Forecaster
Understanding past cycles to predict future geopolitical and market events
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Murrination Insights
Geopolitical Forecasts
Murrinations Insights will help you future-proof your world with investment-grade analysis, predictions and strategies, to help you anticipate future events. Based on a global model that integrates significant geopolitical, military, economic, financial market and environmental developments.
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 17/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Wed, 17/12/2025 - 18:12
Introduction
The Royal Navy is at its lowest operational ebb at the very moment Britain faces a resurgent and increasingly aggressive Russian navy. To counter this threat, the Royal Navy requires…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 16/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Thu, 18/12/2025 - 07:11
Introduction
The unveiling of Washington’s new security doctrine marks a decisive turning point in transatlantic relations — and not for the better as the covert Trump policy becomes overt. What…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 15/12/2025 - 08:00
Introduction
Global Forecaster, in its Murrination analysis, typically does not focus on market dynamics; that responsibility lies with our inside out hedge fund, Global Trader: Your External CIO…
Posted by David Murrin on Sat, 13/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Wed, 17/12/2025 - 18:23
Introduction
In our Murrination series on Strategic Compression, we explain why this is the most critical strategic construct to understand in geopolitics today. Strategic Compression is the…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 11/12/2025 - 08:00
1.0 Introduction
Just as the Spanish Civil War served as the proving ground that generated the concepts, technologies and confidence underpinning the German Blitzkrieg, the war in Ukraine is…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 10/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Tue, 16/12/2025 - 07:56
Introduction
The relationship between a nation's expansionary energy and its strategic compression is key to understanding past hegemonic wars. This is not just a historical phenomenon but one…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 09/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Wed, 10/12/2025 - 06:13
Introduction
Throughout history, expanding empires have been driven outwards by powerful internal forces—surging populations, rising economic output, cohesive national identity and a growing…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 08/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Thu, 18/12/2025 - 19:09
Introduction
Trump’s foreign policy is now the official 2025 National Security Strategy, marking the first update since the Biden administration released the 2022 strategy. The document’s…
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