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The Role of Nuclear Power in the Ukraine War

Russia’s ultimate goal in invading Ukraine is to bring as much of the country as possible under Moscow’s influence, or, absent that, to pry it away from the West. One of the more overlooked strategies to that end is to deprive Ukraine of traditional energy sources in the central and eastern parts of the country. […]

Daily Memo: US to Release Oil Reserves

US oil supplies. U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that 1 million barrels of oil per day will be released from the country’s reserves...

Daily Memo: Top Diplomats Visit India

Lavrov in India. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will arrive in India on Thursday for a two-day trip. Prior to the visit, India was...

Egypt’s Food Crisis Pushes the Country to the Edge

Russia’s war on Ukraine has adversely affected the Arab region, which heavily depends on wheat imports, including from these two countries. The fallout from...

Daily Memo: Avoiding Russian Energy

Maintaining pressure. Leaders of the U.S., U.K., Germany, France and Italy held a telephone call on Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, during...

Poland: Germany’s Indispensable Partner

More than a month into the war in Ukraine, the conflict is unsurprisingly putting mounting pressure on Europe. Most obviously, pre-war supply chain issues...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Talks in Istanbul, EU Support for Refugees

Meeting in Istanbul. Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met for peace talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered an address...

Daily Memo: NATO Bolsters Its Eastern Flank

NATO bolsters defenses. After an extraordinary summit of NATO member states on Thursday, the alliance announced that it will deploy four new multinational battlegroups...

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