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Italy Challenges the EU’s Russia Policy

July 20, 2018

Rome wants concessions from Brussels, and it’s strong enough to get them.

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The Geopolitics of London: Or, How England Joined the World

July 19, 2018 The city was a global financial hub well before the EU, and it will be one well after Brexit.

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Thinking About the Trump-Putin Meeting

July 18, 2018 The American president was not restrained by his advisers, but domestic politics imposes its own limits.

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What We’re Reading: Ancient Civilizations in South America, the US Fracking Industry

July 17, 2018 Weekly reviews of what’s on our staff’s bookshelves.

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Latent Uzbek Nationalism

July 20, 2018 A large number of Uzbeks live in other Central Asian countries.

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Daily Memo: Russia’s Backyard, Iran’s Cabinet

July 19, 2018 All the news worth knowing today.

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Checking in on the Serbia-Kosovo Dispute

July 19, 2018 Unsurprisingly, it still isn’t resolved.

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Taiwan’s Quest to Modernize Its Submarine Fleet

July 18, 2018 It still needs foreign technology to build up a modern fleet anytime soon.

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Daily Memo: North Korean Expectations, Japanese Militarization, Syrian Mobilization

July 18, 2018 All the news worth knowing today.

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In Syria, the Harder Fight Is in the North

July 18, 2018 The south has been mostly retaken. But danger lurks in Idlib.

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Global Shipping Is Collateral Damage in the Coming Trade Wars

July 17, 2018 Yet the industry has proved highly adaptable in past crises.

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Daily Memo: Redefining Relations Between the EU and Japan, Iran and Pakistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia

July 17, 2018 All the news worth knowing today.

Surveillance: What Russia Does is Bluff

July 16, 2018 George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures Chairman, says that a great deal of what Russia does is a “bluff.” He spoke with ...

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Daily Memo: Protests in Iraq, a Presidential Meeting in Helsinki

July 16, 2018 All the news worth knowing today.

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In Iraq, Local Protests Could Have Wider Implications

July 16, 2018 The demonstrations in an oil-rich region could exacerbate the problem of declining spare oil capacity.

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Daily Memo: Updates on Iraq Oil Protests, Japan’s Remilitarization

July 14, 2018 All the news worth knowing this weekend.

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Major Shipping Routes for the Oil Trade

July 13, 2018 Nearly a fifth of the world’s oil shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Is NATO Obsolete? June 23, 2018

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Making Sense of the North Korea Talks June 15, 2018

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The World in 2018

Dec. 15, 2017 The dysfunction that will characterize the year has a decade’s worth of momentum behind it.

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Dec. 2, 2015 We look into the future and forecast what the world will look like in a quarter of a…

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The World in 2016: A Summary of Our Forecast

Dec. 2, 2015 We look ahead at the major geopolitical developments the world can expect to see in 2016. These include…

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