Central Asia

Daily Memo: US-India Ties, Sanctions Enforcement

The U.S. and India. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said U.S.-Indian relations are the strongest they’ve ever been during a meeting in New Delhi on Friday with India’s external affairs minister. They will be joined later on Blinken’s trip by the U.S. and Indian defense ministers for annual two-plus-two security talks. Meanwhile, India and […]

Daily Memo: Disagreements Over Postwar Gaza, US-China Arms Control Talks

Someone else’s problem. Rebuffing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remark about an indefinite Israeli security presence in the Gaza Strip, the U.S. proposed that...

Daily Memo: Turkey-Israel Relations, Saudi Summits

Discord. Ties between Turkey and Israel are deteriorating. On Wednesday, Turkey's energy minister said talks on energy-related projects with Israel would be conditioned on...

The World Aflame

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece titled “The World Begins to Reorder Itself.” There is certainly a new order coming, but unlike...

Daily Memo: China and Australia Mend Ties, Iran’s Meeting With Hezbollah

Reboot. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held talks in Beijing on Monday in another sign of easing tensions between...

Daily Memo: Russian Nuclear Inspections, Ukraine Peace Talks

No more inspections. Russia will not resume inspections under the New START arms control treaty with the U.S. unless Washington stops supplying Ukraine with...

Daily Memo: Turkic Summit, Rebellion in Myanmar

Turkic unity. The Organization of Turkic States is holding a leaders' summit in Kazakhstan. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on Turkic states to unite...

Daily Memo: Indian Foreign Relations, Ukraine’s Stalemate

India and the U.S. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to New Delhi next week for talks...

Daily Memo: German Inflation, Clashes in Dagestan

Economic update. Inflation in Germany fell to 3 percent in October, its lowest level since August 2021, according to the German statistics agency. Core...

Daily Memo: Russia’s Nuclear Drill, Erdogan’s Hamas Comments

Nuclear power. Russia on Wednesday conducted nuclear strike drills overseen by President Vladimir Putin. They involved the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile...

Daily Memo: Update on the Middle East

Prime targets. U.S. and coalition forces in Syria and Iraq were the targets of 10 attacks between Oct. 17 and Oct. 24, according to...

Daily Memo: Military Drills in Azerbaijan, Talks in Tehran

Show of force. Azerbaijan and Turkey began joint military exercises on Monday. The drills, which will run until Wednesday, will take place in Baku,...

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