Central Asia

Daily Memo: Aircraft Subsidies Breakthrough, Controversial South Korean Drills

Breakthrough in subsidies dispute. The United States and European Union agreed on a cease-fire in their 17-year battle over subsidies for Boeing and Airbus, and committed to ending another dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs. The truce means that $11.5 billion worth of tariffs will be removed for five years to give negotiators space to […]

Daily Memo: Europe’s Economic Outlook, Lavrov and Blinken Meet

Speed bumps on the road to recovery. The European Central Bank released its biannual Financial Stability Review on Wednesday, which laid out some of...

Brief: Russia Blocks the US in Tajikistan

Background: Russia historically sees Central Asia as sitting within its sphere of influence, both economically and militarily. The region’s post-Soviet states, however, value their...

Daily Memo: US-Russia Talks, Palace Intrigue in Beijing

Meeting in the works. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. They discussed North...

Daily Memo: Israel and Hamas Trade Blows, Turkey Suggests Peacekeepers

Israeli-Palestinian crisis. The Israeli air force said it destroyed at least 500 targets in Gaza and killed Hamas intelligence figures, including the head of...

From Pandemic to Pan-shortages

With some notable and grave exceptions, the COVID-19 crisis is winding down for much of the world. But as it does, another problem is...

Border Disputes in Central Asia

(click to enlarge) After the collapse of the Soviet Union, five independent states were formed in Central Asia, the boundaries of which were artificially established...

Daily Memo: Turkey Mends Fences

Russia checks in on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Armenia on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan....

Russia’s New Strategy for Central Asia

While Russia was grabbing attention with its buildup and withdrawal of military forces along its western border with Ukraine, it was making a different,...

Daily Memo: Alternative Indo-Pacific Supply Chains, Russian-European Relations Up in Flames

Bypassing China. Australia, India and Japan formally launched a so-called Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, an effort to present a supply chain alternative to China...

Daily Memo: Iranian Ship Attacked, Nile Dam Talks Fail

Iranian ship attacked. An apparent Israeli mine damaged an Iranian cargo ship on Tuesday in the Red Sea, somewhere off the coast of Djibouti....

Daily Memo: Brazil’s Military Chiefs Quit

Brazil’s top brass quits. The commanders of Brazil’s army, navy and air force collectively resigned over differences with the government’s handling of the pandemic...

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