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Turkey’s Tangled Search for a Balanced Foreign Policy

Turkey is at a crossroads. Russia’s war on Ukraine and the standoff between the U.S. and China in the South China Sea gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the impression that the world is witnessing a reconfiguration of international balances. He aspires to place Turkey at the center of the emerging world order. Erdogan’s perceived […]

The Scalable World War Ahead

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan begins a new era of confrontation between the U.S. and China and marks a new stage...

Daily Memo: Russia’s Other Customers

Buying Russian oil. Japan has reportedly resumed importing oil from Russia. Import volumes are still down year-on-year, as Japan brought in just 65 percent...

Daily Memo: Chinese Military Activity

More drills. China announced more military drills Tuesday to protest U.S. support for Taiwan. Little information has been provided about them. This comes a...

China and Russia’s Strategic Problem

The war in Ukraine, now about 6 months old, is strategically important for a variety of reasons. If Russia defeats Ukraine and takes control...

Daily Memo: Chinese Output and Russian Trade

China data. China’s industrial output for July grew by just 3.8 percent year-on-year, well below the 4.6 percent anticipated by markets. Retail sales reached...

A Small Window for the US and Cuba

The war in Ukraine is a truly global conflict. Citizens of faraway regions may not themselves be in physical danger, but any country that...

Norway Adds to Europe’s Energy Crunch

(click to enlarge) Norway is one of Europe’s most important alternatives to Russian energy supplies. In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, EU countries...

Daily Memo: Unblocking Russian Oil Transit, North Korean Nukes

Supplies restored. An unnamed European bank agreed to process a transit payment for Russian oil through Ukraine, clearing the way to restore oil flows...

Daily Memo: Infrastructure Pacts and Defense Cooperation

Trans-Himalayan network. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Nepali counterpart, Narayan Khadka, agreed to build the Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network, involving railways and...

The Ideological Division Between Hamas and Islamic Jihad

Israel's decisive triumph in the 1967 Six-Day War discredited pan-Arab nationalist movements and secular leaders. It gave impetus to state-oppressed religious groups, such as...

Daily Memo: China’s Taiwan White Paper, Turkey Seeking Funds

Zero tolerance. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office issued a white paper in which it vowed zero tolerance for separatism and reaffirmed that it would seize...
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