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Daily Memo: Update on Hormuz, Intel on Iranian Weapons

Analysis Geopolitical Futures - April 3, 2026

A first. A French-owned container ship passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, becoming the first known vessel flying a flag from a...

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Daily Memo: Trump Questions NATO

Geopolitical Futures - April 2, 2026

End of an era? In an interview published by the Telegraph on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to pull the United States out...

Daily Memo: France-Japan Meeting, Russia-Armenia Talks

Geopolitical Futures - April 1, 2026

Minerals cooperation. France and Japan signed a roadmap to cooperate on critical minerals during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Tokyo. The two countries...

Daily Memo: US-Saudi Ties, Israeli Plans for Lebanon

Geopolitical Futures - March 31, 2026

Nuclear cooperation. The White House last month sent a report to Congress laying out the case for sharing nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg...

Daily Memo: Mediation Efforts, Oil Supplies for Cuba

Geopolitical Futures - March 30, 2026

Brokering peace? The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia held two days of talks in Islamabad on Sunday on possible ways to...

Daily Memo: US and Iran Bolster Forces

Geopolitical Futures - March 27, 2026

Deployment. The United States is considering deploying an additional 10,000 troops to the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reported, despite signals from the...

Daily Memo: Iran Makes Preparations

Geopolitical Futures - March 26, 2026

New developments. Iran is stationing additional military personnel and air defense systems on Kharg Island in preparation for a possible U.S. ground operation, CNN...

Daily Memo: US Offers Plan for Peace in Iran

Geopolitical Futures - March 25, 2026

Initial proposal. Washington is pushing for a “framework agreement” with Tehran to bring an end to the war in Iran, Israel’s Channel 12 reported,...

Daily Memo: Iran Denies Negotiation Rumors

Geopolitical Futures - March 24, 2026

Denials. Iranian officials and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps denied reports of negotiations with the United States on ending their war. Separately, Iranian President...

Daily Memo: Developments in Iran

Geopolitical Futures - March 23, 2026

Ground operation options. The U.S. is considering several scenarios for a limited ground operation in Iran, anonymous sources told NBC News. One option includes...

Daily Memo: Belarusian Fertilizers, US-Japan Relations

Geopolitical Futures - March 20, 2026

Belarusian rapprochement. The U.S. will remove sanctions on two key Belarusian fertilizer producers amid disruptions in global supplies related to the Iran war. The...