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Daily Memo: North Korea Launches Party Congress

Changes. North Korea's Workers' Party reshuffled its senior leadership at a congress in Pyongyang...

Global Growth Expected to Slow in 2026

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(click to enlarge) According to the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects report, the global economy in 2025 demonstrated greater resilience than expected, given trade tensions...

Threats to New US-Canada Bridge

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(click to enlarge) Canada finds itself in a difficult position when it comes to its two largest trading partners, the U.S. and China. Ottawa and...

The Growing Crisis in Cuba

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(click to enlarge) This week, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned citizens of the need to sacrifice as adjustments are made in energy and food distribution...

Uneven Growth Continues to Plague Europe

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(click to enlarge) Gross domestic product in the European Union grew 0.4 percent in the third quarter of 2025 relative to the previous quarter, demonstrating...

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George Answers Your Questions: European Nuclear Umbrella, Risks of a United Europe

Munich Security Conference and Europe’s Future Feb. 16, 2026 Question: Although the Europeans have some nuclear capability of their own, it is utterly insufficient to dissuade...

Taiwan at the Center of a Fragile US-China Rapprochement

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was discussing the issue of arms...

Turkey’s Expanding Influence Around the Mediterranean and Red Sea

Partly propelled by its own strategic ambitions and partly facilitated by the shifting global...

The World in 2026

China has effectively replaced Russia as a global power.

Shipbuilding: A Bellwether for Geopolitical Power

Geopolitical power today is built not only through armies and alliances but through geoeconomic...

Preparing for the Long War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced European governments to confront a problem they long thought...

Munich Security Conference and Europe’s Future

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Representatives from more than 115 countries gathered over the weekend for the annual Munich...

George Answers Your Questions: The US, Iran, Nukes and a 9/11 Scenario

The US, Iran, Nukes and a 9/11 Scenario Feb. 9, 2026 Question: I find it difficult...
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George Answers Your Questions: European Nuclear Umbrella, Risks of a United Europe

Munich Security Conference and Europe’s Future Feb. 16, 2026 Question: Although the Europeans have some nuclear capability of their own, it is utterly insufficient to dissuade...

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US Bargaining With China and Russia

With the arrival of the second Trump administration, great power competition is at an inflection point. Both Russia and China face internal crises that...

American Naval Policy and China

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have...

Europe: The Agony and Ecstasy of US Relations

One of the most pressing geopolitical issues Europe faces is its evolving relationship with the United States. This relationship will be critical as Europe...

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Daily Memo: Ukrainian Advance, Polish Nuclear Ambitions

Recapturing territory. Ukrainian forces last week took control of 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) of territory from the Russian army, their most successful...

Preparing for the Long War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced European governments to confront a problem they long thought obsolete: sustaining manpower in prolonged, high-intensity war. At the outset...

Threats to New US-Canada Bridge

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(click to enlarge) Canada finds itself in a difficult position when it comes to its two largest trading partners, the U.S. and China. Ottawa and...

Daily Memo: US-Iran Developments, Israeli Defense Industry

Washington's plan. The U.S. military is preparing for sustained operations against Iran that could last weeks, Reuters reported. Unlike the airstrikes against Iranian nuclear...

Munich Security Conference and Europe’s Future

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Representatives from more than 115 countries gathered over the weekend for the annual Munich Security Conference. Little of substance usually emerges from this meeting,...

George Answers Your Questions: The US, Iran, Nukes and a 9/11 Scenario

The US, Iran, Nukes and a 9/11 Scenario Feb. 9, 2026 Question: I find it difficult to believe that Washington truly views the Iranian nuclear program...