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Make Some Room for the Global South

The world is in the throes of an economic and political reorganization. The COVID-19 pandemic made virtually every country rethink the fundamental structure of its economy, and the supply chain disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine not only added to those considerations but added an unexpected political flavor to the realignment already underway. Although […]

Daily Memo: Xi Calls for Action Following Heavy Rain

Flooding in China. Chinese President Xi Jinping called on authorities to step up emergency responses to heavy rains that have already killed over a...

North Africa’s Mini-Uprising in France

Violent riots broke out in France last week after police shot dead a young man of Algerian descent in the Paris suburb of Nanterre....

Daily Memo: Chinese Export Controls, SCO Summit

Beijing retaliates. China imposed export controls on gallium and germanium, two minor metals used in everything from semiconductors to solar panels to sensors in...

Thoughts on July 4th

Editor’s note: The following column originally ran in 2016, but it is as timeless as ever. Happy Fourth of July from us at GPF...

Daily Memo: Ethiopia Asks to Join BRICS

Expansion. Ethiopia has formally asked to join the BRICS grouping of emerging economies ahead of the bloc's annual summit in August. Though Ethiopia has...

Predictions on Russia, Wagner and Ukraine

Given circumstances, I decided to combine my ongoing series on forecasting methods with current events in Ukraine. The source book is “Flashpoints: The Emerging...

Daily Memo: Nagorno-Karabakh Update, EU Migration Plan

Nagorno-Karabakh dispute. At a meeting of the Armenian community in Marseille, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to apply more pressure on Azerbaijani President Ilham...

Arab Perspectives on Europe’s Migration Problem

Earlier this month, a fishing boat carrying more than 700 migrants capsized off the coast of Greece, leaving hundreds dead or missing. The tragedy...

Daily Memo: Nagorno-Karabakh Deadlock, Russian Diplomacy

No breakthrough. The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were in Washington on June 27, hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, to...

How Australia Plans to Make Itself Critical

With minimal fanfare, Australia is preparing to assume a greater leadership role in the Indo-Pacific region. Its plans are laid out in various national...

Daily Memo: Western Officials Hold Talks With Georgia

Georgian links. Representatives of the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom arrived for talks in Georgia on Monday amid concerns that...
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