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Brief: Russia and Japan Jostle Over the Kurils

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Background: Russia and Japan have jockeyed for power in the northwestern...
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Brief: Havana’s Rare Concession to Protesters

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Daily Memo: US Tariffs on Chinese Goods, Russian Weapons in the Kurils

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U.S. tariffs. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that he won’t quickly do away...
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What We’re Reading: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World By Fareed Zakaria “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World” by...
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What We’re Reading: Acts of Heroism

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The Utility and Morality of Assassination

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The head of the Iranian nuclear weapons program was killed Friday near Tehran. The...
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Bahrain’s Shiite-Sunni Apartheid

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Like many other countries of the Middle East, Bahrain has been repeatedly conquered by...
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The Geopolitics of Vaccine Distribution

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The American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, in collaboration with German firm BioNTech, surprised the world when it announced that its coronavirus vaccine showed 90 percent...
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China Stares Down a Financial Reckoning

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One has to wonder what Jack Ma was thinking when, in a speech in...
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When COVID-19 Hits Home

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In Russia, the country I call home, COVID-19 cases are increasing. The number of...
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The Limits of Syrian Kurdish Self-Determination

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The creation of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq in 1992 had a...
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Europe’s Ghost of Summers Past

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On July 21, European Council President Charles Michel sent out a one-word tweet that...
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The World’s Largest Trade Pact

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(click to enlarge) Judging solely by its headline figures, the newly inked 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – by most metrics the world’s largest...
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US Sanctions on Iran in 2020

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(click to enlarge) As a part of the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran, the U.S. government has imposed new sanctions on Iran throughout...
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India and Pakistan’s Tug of War Over Kashmir

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(click to enlarge) India-Pakistan tensions over Kashmir stretch back to partition in 1948. In many ways, the historical pattern shows an evolution toward a “frozen”...
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Happy Birthday to Geopolitical Futures

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On Dec. 2, 2015, Geopolitical Futures issued its first publication. That was its birth. Its conception took place months before, in September 2015, in...
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RealClearWorld: China Stares Down a Financial Reckoning

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In China, financial regulators need to tread carefully when implementing new de-risking measures. Move too fast, and the private sector may face a credit...
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Index: Magyarország nem Oszt, nem Szoroz, az Európaiak Gyerekesek

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Bahrain’s Shiite-Sunni Apartheid

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Like many other countries of the Middle East, Bahrain has been repeatedly conquered by foreign invaders, including the Abbasids, Jarwinids, Omanis, Persians and Portuguese....
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Daily Memo: Russia’s Missile Test, Concerns Over Central Asia

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Conspicuous missile test. Russia’s newest naval corvette for the first time test-launched a cruise missile at a naval target in the Peter the Great...
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Thanksgiving is a family holiday. For our family it is truly a family holiday, for my wife, Meredith, is a descendent of William Bradford,...
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What We’re Reading: Acts of Heroism

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Medal of Honor Directed by James Moll The Medal of Honor is the highest and most prestigious honor that can be awarded to members of the...
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