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Daily Memo: Moscow Points the Blame at Kyiv, Brussels Looks for Migrant Deal

Blaming Kyiv. Russia’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday blamed a Ukrainian sabotage group for the destruction of an ammonia pipeline in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Monday. Kyiv denied the allegations and said Russian forces were responsible. Authorities in the region said the pipeline, which stretches from Togliatti in western Russia to Odesa, was again shelled on […]

Turkey’s Populist Divide

Since Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose to power two decades ago, Turkey has witnessed a surge in populism, driven more recently by the country’s political...

Daily Memo: US Seeks to Repair Ties With Saudi Arabia

Blinken’s Saudi visit. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on day two of a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia focused on boosting U.S....

Ukraine’s Dam Collapse Changes the Landscape and the War

The long-feared destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam became a reality on Tuesday, flooding towns and villages downstream in southern Ukraine and forcing hasty...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Dam Attack, Indian Battery Plant

Dam destruction. The Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station in a Russian-occupied area of southern Ukraine were destroyed on Tuesday. Ukraine accused Russia of...

A Convocation of Spies

Over the past weekend, major global media outlets revealed that the heads of intelligence of about two dozen countries held a (formerly) secret meeting...

Daily Memo: Polish Protests, Turkish Deployment

Uproar in Poland. Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Warsaw and other cities on Sunday, the 34th anniversary of...

Germany Sneezes, Europe Catches a Cold

In the first three months of the year, Germany’s economy fell short of low expectations of zero growth. Instead, gross domestic product shrank for...

Daily Memo: US-Israel Talks, EU-Central Asia Summit

The U.S. and Israel. Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan...

How the Ukraine War Gave Venezuelan Oil an Opening

For years, the Venezuelan economy has been largely disconnected from Western markets. The war in Ukraine, however, initiated a sort of restructuring of the...

Daily Memo: China’s Agriculture Woes

Wheat loss in China. China’s Henan province, which produces more wheat than any other, experienced higher-than-normal rainfall in the final week of May, just...

Lebanon’s Corruption Problem

Lebanon has long been a haven for those seeking to escape justice, especially when it comes to corruption and financial crimes. But the country’s...
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