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Reflections on the Black Sea

In 2019, my wife and I went to Romania, where in addition to meeting with Romanian leaders and military brass, we visited Constanta, a city close to where the Danube meets the Black Sea. Its location confers importance; the Danube is among the most navigable rivers in Europe, such that a river boat from Austria […]

Daily Memo: Taiwan Proposes Defense Budget Boost, Canada to Return More Turbines

Taiwanese defense. Taiwan proposed increasing its defense spending next year by 13.9 percent compared to this year. This would bring Taiwan’s total defense budget...

In Iraq’s Political Stalemate, Muqtada al-Sadr Is No Kingmaker

Iraq’s political impasse shows no signs of ending. Following elections last October, a bloc led by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr emerged as the...

Daily Memo: US Airstrikes in Syria, Ukraine’s Independence Day

Countering Iran. U.S. forces conducted airstrikes against facilities in Deir el-Zour, Syria, that it said were used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...

Russia’s Buffer Zone May Have to Wait

As the military adage goes, no plan survives contact with the enemy. No one is more cognizant of this fact right now than Russia,...

Daily Memo: Abbas and Erdogan to Hold Talks

Ankara meeting. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara on Tuesday. Their meeting comes less than...

The Permanence of War and Peace

Last week my friend and colleague, Jacek Bartosiak, wrote a piece for GPF titled “The Scalable World War Ahead,” in which he warned that...

Daily Memo: Scholz in Canada, Japan Considers Missile Deployment

Energy talks. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Economy Minister Robert Habeck arrived in Canada for a three-day visit amid Germany's effort to find alternatives...

In Ukraine, Buying Time With Nuclear Concerns

Fighting has escalated over the past few weeks near Zaporizhzhia, home to a Ukrainian nuclear power plant that has effectively been converted into a...

Daily Memo: Progress on a New Nuclear Deal

New nuke deal? Iran’s foreign minister spoke with his Omani counterpart to discuss the most recently proposed nuclear deal in Vienna. Meanwhile, Israel is...

When Russia Prepared for the Inconceivable

Many of our readers have challenged my idea that Russia invaded Ukraine out of fear – fear that, deprived of the strategic depth Ukraine...

Daily Memo: US-Taiwan Trade Talks

Trade talks. The United States and Taiwan agreed to start trade negotiations in 11 areas. The first round of talks is expected to take...
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