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Daily Memo: Slowing Inflation in Turkey, Nuclear Watchdog to Hold Talks in Tehran

Inflation in Turkey. Annual inflation in Turkey slowed to 55.2 percent in February, compared with 57.7 percent in January, its lowest level in a year. Inflation has slowed for four consecutive months. Nuclear problem. The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will be in Tehran on Friday for talks with the head of […]

Stalin

It’s been nearly 70 years to the day since Josef Stalin died, and his legacy is worth remembering in light of what’s going on...

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...

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 “snapback” sanctions against Iran over its uranium enrichment. The International...

Argentina’s Farmers Can’t Afford a Drought

Argentina is infamous for its economic malaise, but once a year, from March through May, it gets a reprieve. This is when agricultural exports...

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...

Daily Memo: China’s Plan for Ukraine, More Western Sanctions on Russia

China's plan. On the anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war, China released a position paper outlining its vision for a peace settlement....

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...
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