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Daily Memo: Russia Claims Ukraine Attacked Border Region

Terrorist attack or provocation? Moscow says it carried out an operation against Ukrainian saboteurs who had entered two villages in the Bryansk region, on the Ukraine border. The governor of the region said the saboteurs fired at a car, resulting in one death and one person injured. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a terrorist […]

Saudi Arabia’s Untenable Modernization Plan

In 2016, when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman launched a vision for Saudi development, he seemed sure that his country had everything it...

Daily Memo: Israel Threatens Iran With Attack or Sanctions

Nuclear option. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen threatened military intervention or the reinstatement of ā€œsnapbackā€ sanctions against Iran over its uranium enrichment. The International...

Daily Memo: Lukashenko to Meet With Xi

Lukashenko in China. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in China on Tuesday for a state visit. He’ll meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi...

China and Russia

There has been a great deal of discussion about Chinese military aid to Russia. The United States warned Beijing against sending such aid, and...

Daily Memo: Arab Officials Meet With Assad

Syria's revival. The heads of parliaments from Iraq, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, Libya and the United Arab Emirates, as well as representatives from Oman...

In Moldova, Ukraine Buys Time

A war of words has troubled Moldova for more than two weeks. It started when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a Russian coup...

The Ukraine War, One Year In

It’s been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and what many believed would be a short-lived conflict rages on. That’s not to say it’s...

Daily Memo: Moldova Responds to Russia’s ‘Destabilizing’ Actions

Moldovan response. Moldova’s foreign minister said Chisinau will begin the process of renouncing several agreements signed under the Commonwealth of Independent States in response...

Arab-Iranian Relations Burdened by History

There has long been a desire within certain segments of the Arab masses to establish a unity with Persians based on religious fraternity, which...

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