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Daily Memo: Turkey Hosts Grain Talks, Europe Tracks Weapons

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Grain drain. Military delegations from Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, as well as United Nations representatives, are meeting Wednesday in Istanbul to discuss restoring Ukrainian grain exports by sea. A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected world wheat stocks of 267.5 million tons at year’s end, which would be the lowest level since 2016-17. […]

Uzbekistan Struggles to Integrate Karakalpakstan

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(click to enlarge) The Republic of Karakalpakstan, located in northwestern Uzbekistan, is a product of the peculiar boundary delimitations within the Soviet Union. It was...

Daily Memo: Canada Urged to Return Gas Pipeline Part, Gantz Meets With Abbas

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Turbine trouble. Canada has reportedly signaled it will return a turbine needed for the maintenance of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which delivers...

Daily Memo: Boris Johnson Resigns

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Johnson out. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party after dozens of resignations by members of the...

Daily Memo: Kazakh Pipeline Suspension, EU Bracing for the Worst

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Pipeline games. A Russian court ordered a 30-day suspension of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, a major pipeline carrying oil from Kazakhstan to the Black...

Daily Memo: Russia and Japan Spar Over Energy

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Japan pushes back. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned on Sunday that the price cap for Russian oil, agreed at the latest G-7 summit,...

Daily Memo: NATO’s Priorities, Turkey’s Trade Deficit

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NATO priorities. NATO named China as one of its strategic priorities for the first time in its Strategic Concept paper, which outlines its priorities...

Daily Memo: NATO Enlargement, Independence Referendums

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NATO enlargement. Turkey lifted its objections to Finland and Sweden’s applications to join NATO, just ahead of the start of the alliance’s summit in...

Daily Memo: US-Iran Talks Resume, BRICS Expansion

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Back at the table. U.S. and Iranian negotiators arrived in Doha on Tuesday to resume talks on a nuclear deal after a three-month hiatus. BRICS...

Daily Memo: G-7 to Ban Russian Gold, Ukrainian City Under Russian Control

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Bad news for Moscow. G-7 countries announced plans to ban imports of gold from Russia, one of the world’s largest gold exporters, during a...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Update, EU Diplomat in Tehran

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Ukraine update. Ukrainian forces have been ordered to withdraw from the embattled city of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to the top regional official...

Daily Memo: Salman in Egypt, Natural Gas for Lebanon

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Regional tour. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Egypt for talks on bilateral cooperation and global issues. The two countries signed 14...
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