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Real-time updates on the world’s most pressing geopolitical events.

Brief: Serbia’s Show of Force to Kosovo

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Background: Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, less than 10 years after a NATO-led peacekeeping operation began there. Serbia, however, has yet...

Brief: The UK and the USMCA

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Background: The post-Brexit United Kingdom is still trying to define its new role in the international system. London has been trying to replace the...

Brief: North Korea Tests a Missile and Biden

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Background: North Korea has been relatively quiet for the past year or so while it deals with pandemic pressures and other internal matters, which...

Brief: Armenia Shakes Up the Caucasus

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Background: In the Caucasus, major regional powers Russia, Turkey and Iran compete for influence over the former Soviet republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia....

Brief: Uruguay Breaks With Mercosur

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Background: South America’s two largest economies, Brazil and Argentina, led efforts in 1991 to establish the Southern Common Market, known as Mercosur, with Paraguay...

Brief: Russia Reinforces Its Buffer in Central Asia

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Background: Central Asia buffers Russia from the ongoing instability in Afghanistan, but Moscow fears that increased migration and the threat of terrorism and extremism...

Brief: Concerning China’s Inequality

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Background: China’s population has not shared in the country's past three decades of breakneck economic growth. The rising tide may have lifted nearly all...

Brief: Reactions to the EU Carbon Border Tax

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Background: When the European Union drafted its most recent long-term budget (2021-27), it prioritized technological advancement and innovation over other areas such as cohesion....

Brief: Russia Warns of ‘Internal Threats’

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Background: More than most, Russia’s leaders have an imperative to maintain their country’s unity. Russia’s size, multinational demographics, uneven living standards and poorly developed...

Germany Warns About ECB Policy

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Background: Monetary policy is a highly divisive issue inside the 19-member eurozone, as different states need different policies and the compromise is often unsatisfactory....

Brief: Ethnic Violence Threatens to Spread to Djibouti

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Background: Djibouti’s location on the Horn of Africa enables it to control access to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, one of the busiest...

Brief: Russo-China Naval Drills

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Background: By many accounts, the bilateral relationship between Russia and China is at an all-time high. It’s welcome news for Beijing and Moscow, and...
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