For nearly two centuries, global order rested on the assumption that the seas were controlled so completely by one dominant maritime power that the…
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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 Fri, 30/01/2026 - 08:00
Last Update: Tue, 24/02/2026 - 10:44
Introduction: The End of Uncontested Oceans
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 29/01/2026 - 08:00
Last Update: Thu, 26/02/2026 - 10:53
Introduction
For more than three decades, Western airpower has rested on the assumption that low observable aircraft could penetrate defended airspace with relative impunity. A capability task…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 28/01/2026 - 08:00
Last Update: Thu, 29/01/2026 - 14:29
Introduction
As we move into what may be the final pre-kinetic phase before a major war in the Pacific, it is precisely the moment to revisit history’s most instructive failures —those shaped by…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 26/01/2026 - 08:00
Last Update: Mon, 23/03/2026 - 17:35
Introduction
Many have asked what I believe the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) grand strategy is. My answer is straightforward: the pursuit of global dominance and control of the human…
Posted by David Murrin on Sun, 25/01/2026 - 08:00
Last Update: Fri, 13/03/2026 - 11:30
Introduction
As we argued in our Murrination Irans War on Israel 17: Trump's Forced Ceasefire - The Calm Before the Next Storm was driven less by strategic necessity than by his desire for…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 23/01/2026 - 08:00
Last Update: Mon, 16/03/2026 - 17:36
Introduction
NATO Major General Maik Keller says he sees no evidence that Western military support for Ukraine is weakening, stressing that long term commitment remains essential as the war shows…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 23/01/2026 - 08:00
Last Update: Thu, 29/01/2026 - 17:31
Introduction
The Napoleonic War was not an isolated European conflict but the culmination of more than a century of relentless Anglo-French rivalry—a struggle for global supremacy…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 22/01/2026 - 08:00
Introduction
History often explains civilisational collapse in terms of lost wars, ideology, economics, or external shocks. However, far less attention is paid to the internal pathologies that…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 21/01/2026 - 10:00
Last Update: Wed, 11/02/2026 - 08:18
Introduction
Having outlined the potential Chinese battle plan in WW 86; Red Peril 55; The Battle For Taiwan and Western Pacfic. In this Murrination, we examine the proposed U.S. PACOM strategy…
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