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…
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Understanding past cycles to predict future geopolitical and market events
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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 Thu, 11/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Wed, 24/12/2025 - 16:23
1.0 Introduction
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 10/12/2025 - 08:00
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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…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 05/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Sat, 20/12/2025 - 18:02
Introduction
Tomahawk cruise missiles have been a cornerstone of U.S. strike capability for decades. They are widely regarded as the best in breed, costing roughly $2.1 million each, ensuring…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 08:00
Introduction
Helium is one of the most strategically important elements in the modern world, essential to technologies that underpin medicine, national security and the future of computing. Its…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 01/12/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Mon, 29/12/2025 - 16:58
Introduction
Tensions between Japan and China have entered their most volatile period in decades, driven by the rapid expansion of the PLA Navy and the CCP’s increasingly assertive expansionist…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 28/11/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Sat, 29/11/2025 - 14:51
Introduction
For over five centuries, global power has rested on the mastery of the oceans, from Elizabethan England’s daring raids against Spain that evolved into Britain's domination of the…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 27/11/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Fri, 05/12/2025 - 19:55
Introduction
The Greeks understood that the gravest danger to a society is not stupidity but clever minds estranged from wisdom, and they had a word for the brilliant, educated people who cannot…
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