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Daily Memo: New Caucasus Transport Route, Russia-India Defense Ties

Work ahead. Construction on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity will begin in 2026, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced. He also...

Daily Memo: Hungarian Minister in Moscow, Israeli Border Fence

Russia and Hungary. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto is in Moscow for economic talks. Accompanying him are the heads of 34 Hungarian companies, including...

Daily Memo: Thai-Cambodian Clashes, Coup Attempt in Benin

Renewed fighting. Thailand and Cambodia have accused each other of violating a U.S.-brokered ceasefire following new clashes over the weekend. According to Thai officials,...

Daily Memo: On European Relations With Central Asia

Kazakhstan and the EU. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with European Council President Antonio Costa during the latter’s first official visit to Kazakhstan. Tokayev...

Daily Memo: Ukraine’s European Backers Get Weak in the Knees

Paying for it. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said it would be ā€œprematureā€ for Rome to participate in NATO’s program to buy U.S. weapons...

Daily Memo: Productive and Unproductive Meetings

U.S.-Russia talks. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and the presidential special envoy on foreign investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, held talks with U.S....

Daily Memo: Russian Presence on the Ukraine Border and the Red Sea

Security zone. Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian military’s North Forces Group to create a security zone along the border with Ukraine during...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Talks, Pakistan on Gaza Security

Ukraine's take. U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators held talks in Miami, Florida, on Friday, focused on the U.S.-brokered peace proposal with Russia. According to a...

Daily Memo: Putin in Central Asia, Syrian Unrest

Regional talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Kyrgyzstan for a three-day visit. He met on Wednesday with President Sadyr Japarov to discuss bilateral...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Moves Ahead, Canada-India Uranium Deal

Getting closer. Ukraine has agreed to a U.S.-brokered peace deal with Russia with only "minor details to be sorted out," CBS News reported. It...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Peace Plan Progresses, Gaza Plan Falters

Progress toward peace? Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators met in Geneva and discussed changes to Washington’s 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. According to...

Daily Memo: Details Revealed on US Plan to End War in Ukraine

Washington's vision. Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko revealed on his Telegram channel what he says is the U.S.-drafted 28-point plan to end the war with...

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