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Daily Memo: US Oil Exports, China’s COVID Containment Measures

Record exports. The U.S. exported a record volume of crude oil last week. Oil and refined products exports reached 11.4 million barrels per day, as supplies spiked by nearly 2 million bpd compared with the previous week. The U.S. is becoming an increasingly important supplier in the global energy market. However, it reportedly intends to […]

Stability for Xi, Not for China

Ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which ended last Sunday, it seemed as though President Xi Jinping had lost...

Daily Memo: Russia Launches Nuclear Drill, Myanmar Destabilizes

Russian claims. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke separately with the Chinese and Indian defense ministers on Wednesday. They discussed the situation in Ukraine...

Iran’s Islamic Republic Will Survive – For Now

Protests in Iran continue for the sixth consecutive week following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in custody of the morality police. Some...

Daily Memo: Testy North Korea, 21st-Century Marshall Plan

Test prep. North Korea is likely continuing preparations for its seventh nuclear test, a U.S. State Department spokesman said. Not coincidentally, South Korea’s vice...

Central Asia in Uncharted Territory

Russian influence in Central Asia in recent years has been waning. Moscow’s war in Ukraine has accelerated that process. The resulting vacuum will be...

Daily Memo: China Concludes Its National Congress

Congress closes. The Chinese Communist Party concluded its 20th National Congress on Sunday. On the closing day, Xi Jinping was given an unprecedented third...

Hu Jintao

An extraordinary thing happened in China at the final meeting of the party congress over the weekend. Hu Jintao, the previous president of China,...

Daily Memo: Eurasian Leaders Meet, EU Budget Concerns

Summit in Yerevan. The heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) met on Friday in Yerevan. They...

Daily Memo: Eurozone Inflation, German Energy Sourcing

Record high. Inflation in the eurozone hit a record-high 9.9 percent in September, up from 9.1 percent in August, according to official figures. Energy...

Tunisian Democracy Put on Pause

The 2019 election of Kais Saied, an obscure constitutional law professor who rose to power as Tunisia’s third president since the overthrow of Zine...

Daily Memo: Martial Law and Arms Races

Martial law. With a major Ukrainian offensive to retake Kherson looming, Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced martial law in the four Ukrainian territories that...
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