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Daily Memo: US Discusses Task Force to Protect Ships in the Red Sea

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Red Sea security. Iran has reportedly deployed three ships – a support ship, a bulk carrier converted for reconnaissance missions and a container ship – to the Red Sea to resupply its Houthi allies in Yemen and provide them with intelligence on Israeli targets. According to the U.S. military, Houthi rebels on Sunday struck three […]

Daily Memo: Intel Chiefs Meeting in Doha, China-Myanmar Drills

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Israel developments. Intelligence chiefs from the U.S., Israel and Egypt met on Tuesday with Qatar’s prime minister in Doha to discuss terms for extending...

Daily Memo: Iran-Turkey Meeting Postponed, Japan and Vietnam Move Closer

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Iranian diplomacy and defense. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi postponed a visit to the Turkish capital planned for Tuesday without giving a reason or a...

Daily Memo: Russia’s Budget Gap, Turkey’s Gas Hub

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Russian deficit. Russia’s Finance Ministry plans to make the governors of select regions personally responsible for the country’s ballooning budget deficit. The heads of...

Daily Memo: Cease-fire in Gaza, Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

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Deal reached. Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day cease-fire. According to various sources, Hamas will release 50 hostages it captured during its Oct....

Daily Memo: Closer to a Pause in Gaza

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Almost there. Israel and Hamas continue to progress toward a temporary cease-fire to allow the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. The Israeli...

Good Timing for Turkey’s Pivot to Central Asia

Ekaterina Zolotova -
Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Central Asia twice. He first went to Uzbekistan to attend a summit of the Economic Cooperation...

Daily Memo: US-India Ties, Sanctions Enforcement

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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...

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

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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

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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

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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

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