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Daily Memo: Turkey Blocks Transport of Sanctioned Goods to Russia

Turkish cooperation. Turkey is reportedly no longer transporting goods to Russia that are subject to Western sanctions. According to a report from Turkey’s Daily Sabah newspaper, the Turkish government gave companies a list of foreign goods that can’t be shipped to Russia from March 1, after giving the European Commission “verbal assurance” that Turkey won’t […]

Daily Memo: Putin and Xi Meet in Moscow, Serbia and Kosovo Take Steps Toward Normalization

Moscow summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived on Monday in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ahead of the visit, the Chinese...

The Hidden Conflict in Congo

The geopolitical competition over the Democratic Republic of Congo is heating up. One of the poorest countries on earth, Congo has problems that are...

Daily Memo: ECB Raises Interest Rates

Fighting inflation. The European Central Bank on Thursday hiked interest rates by half a percentage point. The main rate increased to 3.5 percent, the...

Will the Saudi-Iran Normalization Last?

Last week, two of the Middle East’s biggest rivals, Saudi Arabia and Iran, emerged from a conference in Beijing and announced that they had...

Daily Memo: Shoigu and Austin Discuss Drone Incident

Different version of events. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday held talks by phone to discuss...

How Arabs Aggravated Israeli Existential Fears

The Arab world’s hostility to the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine exacerbated the existential fears of many Israelis, developed over centuries of...

Ukraine and the Long War

Editor’s note: By definition, geopolitics moves slowly. It’s a drawn-out explanation for the long-term trajectory of nations, one that all too often gets lost...

Daily Memo: Diplomacy and Drills in the Middle East

Russia and the Middle East. Syrian President Bashar Assad is on the second day of a visit to Moscow, where he is meeting with...

Daily Memo: Serbia Divided Over Russia Sanctions

High price. Serbian Economy Minister Rade Basta on Monday called on his government to impose sanctions on Russia, saying Serbia has paid a “high...

After Silicon Valley Bank

When I wrote in January that one of the major trends for the next few years would be how the tech industry restructures itself,...

Daily Memo: Russia Releases Trade Data

Long-awaited stats. Russia’s Federal Customs Service has finally published trade data for 2022, after roughly a year of not releasing such figures. By value,...
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