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The War Is Over, but No One Knows How to Stop Fighting

It has been more than one and a half years since Russia launched its attack on Ukraine. The war has not gone as the...

Daily Memo: EU Foreign Ministers in Kyiv, Russian Gas to Moldova

Show of support. Foreign ministers from all EU member states are meeting on Monday in Kyiv, the first gathering of its kind in a...

Is Xi Jinping Worried About the Military?

Strange things are happening in China. Defense Minister Li Shangfu has disappeared from public view, only to be brought under investigation by Chinese authorities....

Daily Memo: Turkish-Azerbaijani Energy Deal, Eurozone Inflation

Closer ties. Turkey and Azerbaijan signed a deal on a roadmap to build energy trading infrastructure between the two countries. Earlier this week, during...

Turkey and Greece Extend Olive Branches

It was a busy week for Turkey’s representatives at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with...

Daily Memo: Nagorno-Karabakh Update, British Energy Project

Beginning of the end. The president of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Samvel Shahramanyan, signed a decree dissolving all state institutions beginning Jan. 1, 2024....

Turkey Advances in the South Caucasus

Though his military forces are still in the process of absorbing Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met on Sept. 25 with his Turkish counterpart,...

Daily Memo: The US and Africa, Japan and Central Asia

African defense tour. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Angolan President Joao Lourenco in Luanda to discuss ways to reinforce bilateral military...

Russia’s Defense Industry at a Crossroads

A year and a half since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces still have not achieved their main objectives and are now...

Daily Memo: Activity Around the Periphery

International exercises in Russia. Russia, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and certain ASEAN dialogue partners conducted military exercises in Russia’s Eastern Military District....

Russia Seals Its Southern Border

Russia's focus currently is on its western front, in Ukraine and neighboring countries. There is, however, another front that concerns Russia: its southern border,...

Daily Memo: Nagorno-Karabakh Fallout

International reaction. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived on Monday in Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani exclave separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by Armenian territory....

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