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August 2, 2022

Taiwan visit. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning to meet with Taiwan’s president, the first trip to the self-ruled island by a U.S. House speaker since 1997. China has warned that its military “will not sit idly by” if she visits. Grain gateway. The […]

Destabilizing Major Powers

August 2, 2022

The Geopolitical Futures model argues that the northern tier of entities are the center of power in the global system and define how the...

Daily Memo: Kosovo Frictions, Australian LNG Supplies

August 1, 2022

Kosovo tensions. Kosovar Serbs blocked roads and set up barricades in protest of authorities’ decision to ban cars with Serbian licenses plates and documents...

In China, New Purges, New Targets

August 1, 2022

China’s restructuring of real estate giant Evergrande Group is not exactly going as planned. In mid-May, the company was on track to deliver a...

Daily Memo: Russian Grains and Chinese Warnings

July 29, 2022

Russia's export capacity. Russia has begun exporting flour from the Makhachkala port on the Caspian Sea for the first time. After loading a test...

The Flank of War

July 29, 2022

The arena for the Russian-Ukrainian war is obviously Ukraine. But as in most wars, the main arena does not define the war as a...

Daily Memo: Egypt Cancels Ukraine Wheat Deals

July 28, 2022

Canceled. Egypt has terminated contracts to purchase 240,000 metric tons of wheat from Ukraine, which it agreed to in December 2021. The wheat was...

Qatar’s Grandiose National Vision 2030

July 28, 2022

In 2008, Qatar unveiled an initiative to make the country an advanced society by 2030. Qatar National Vision 2030 laid out a comprehensive sustainable...

Daily Memo: East Asian Travels, EU Gas-Saving Plan

July 27, 2022

Japanese-Indonesian cooperation. During a meeting in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indonesian President Joko Widodo agreed to cooperate more closely on energy....

A Confrontation China Can’t Afford

July 27, 2022

A rare event occurred in Henan, China, earlier this month when more than 1,000 depositors gathered in front of a branch of the People’s...

Daily Memo: Europe’s Coal and Gas Supplies, Russia’s Car Imports

July 26, 2022

Energy for Europe. Kazakhstan has doubled coal exports to the European Union since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the beginning of...