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Daily Memo: NATO Talks to Itself, Indonesia Warns About Coal Supplies

Visit to the front line. With Russian troops on Ukraine’s doorstep, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell will visit Kyiv on Tuesday. Borrell will also travel to the line of contact in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv’s forces and pro-Russian separatists. The European Commission says the trip is testimony to European support for Ukraine in its […]

Globalization After the Pandemic

We enter 2022 with the same hope that we had as we entered 2021: that the pandemic will end soon. This time, we will...

2021 Year-End Review

(click to enlarge) Scale: Hit, Partial Hit, Inconclusive, Partial Miss, Miss Global The defining feature of 2021 will be insularity. Countries will simply be too consumed with...

Daily Memo: Israeli Strikes on Syria

Israeli strikes. Israel on Tuesday launched airstrikes against Syria’s port city of Latakia. According to Syrian state media, the strikes hit a container area...

Daily Memo: US Supply Chain Probe, Eurozone Record Inflation

Supply chain probe. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is launching an official investigation into the causes of supply chain disruptions and how they are...

The World Ocean Versus the Continent

For centuries, the power that controls the seas – the “World Ocean” – has successfully stymied continental rivals and dictated the rules of world trade. The...

Fertilizers and Food Insecurity

Next week is Thanksgiving, a U.S. holiday that celebrates, and is celebrated with, food. This year, however, Americans are reckoning with rising food prices....

Daily Memo: More on the Border Crisis in Europe

Border crisis. The situation at the Polish-Belarusian border is still tense. Last night, scores of immigrants tried to breach Poland’s border, at least according...

Daily Memo: Britain Reaches Out to Southeast Asia, China’s Supply Chain Woes Show Progress

Southeast Asia tour. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrived on Sunday in Malaysia as part of a weeklong tour of Southeast Asia. Truss said...

Russian Migration Policies: Safety First

Despite the internal economic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 lockdowns and sanctions pressure, Russia has continued to expand its influence in Central Asia using...

Daily Memo: Chinese Military Power, Clashes in Northern Ireland

Nuclear buildup. China is planning to quadruple its stockpile of deliverable nuclear weapons by 2030, according to the latest version of the Pentagon’s annual...

Daily Memo: Russian-Syrian Exercises, Chinese Food and Energy Supplies

Syrian maneuvers. Russia and Syria conducted several simultaneous joint flight exercises from Syrian airfields. The main maneuvers took place around the Tiyas air base,...

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