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Daily Memo: China’s Agriculture Woes

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Wheat loss in China. China’s Henan province, which produces more wheat than any other, experienced higher-than-normal rainfall in the final week of May, just days ahead of the annual harvest. An estimated 30 million of the 137 million tons expected this season have been deemed unfit for human consumption. Other wheat-growing provinces such as Anhui, […]

Daily Memo: Another Wave of Russia Sanctions

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More sanctions. At the G-7 summit in Japan, the U.K. announced new sanctions against 86 Russian individuals and legal entities, including in the energy, metals,...

Daily Memo: South Pacific Diplomacy, Microchip Availability

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No-go. U.S. President Joe Biden has canceled visits to Papua New Guinea and Australia next week because of continued debt ceiling talks. Biden was...

Daily Memo: Africa’s Peace Mission, Russia’s Arms Production

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South Africa's role. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts agreed to receive an African peace mission aimed at resolving...

Daily Memo: Balancing Acts and Oil Hunts

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Kazakhstan balances. Russian mining company Polymetal has asked its shareholders to approve the re-registration of the company at the Astana International Financial Center, which...

Daily Memo: US-Philippine Defense, Indian-Russian Trade

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Update on a treaty. The United States and the Philippines agreed to new bilateral defense guidelines during a meeting between both countries’ presidents on...

Daily Memo: China Talks and Border Outreach

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Hopes for US-China talks. Speaking at an online event at the Stimson Center on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said Washington is...

Daily Memo: US Mediates Azerbaijani-Armenian Talks

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Nagorno-Karabakh talks. The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia will hold talks on Monday in the United States on their long-standing dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh,...

Daily Memo: Japan’s Maritime Policy, Armenian-Azerbaijani Talks

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Japanese defense. Japan’s Cabinet approved the government’s revised five-year ocean policy on Friday. In the document, the government pledges to increase cooperation between Japan’s...

Daily Memo: Update on Sudan

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Escalation. The fighting in Sudan continues despite a temporary U.S.-brokered cease-fire. The pause in hostilities has allowed many countries to evacuate their citizens and...

Daily Memo: Global Oil Demand, Turkish Grain Duties

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Supply crunch. Global competition for oil supplies is about to heat up, according to an analysis by Bloomberg. Since February 2022, Europe has reduced...

Daily Memo: Australia’s New Defense Priorities

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Australia's defense outlook. The Australian government released its defense strategic review on Monday. The report signaled a significant shift in Australia’s defense outlook, pledging...
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