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Daily Memo: Kazakh Pipeline Suspension, EU Bracing for the Worst

Pipeline games. A Russian court ordered a 30-day suspension of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, a major pipeline carrying oil from Kazakhstan to the Black Sea, over oil spills. More than two-thirds of all Kazakh oil exports flow through the pipeline. The court’s decision comes two days after a phone conversation between Kazakhstan’s prime minister and […]

Chile Proposes a New Constitution

On Sept. 4, Chileans will vote on a new constitution. The referendum is the culmination of a three-year effort to write a new social...

Daily Memo: Russia and Japan Spar Over Energy

Japan pushes back. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned on Sunday that the price cap for Russian oil, agreed at the latest G-7 summit,...

Russian Military Doctrine

The city of Lysychansk has fallen to Russia, giving it full control of Ukraine’s breakaway Luhansk region and putting it in position to gain...

Daily Memo: Inflation in Europe, Energy Firm Seizure in Russia

Inflation in Europe. Annual inflation in the eurozone reached 8.6 percent in June, according to Eurostat’s latest estimates. The biggest contributor was energy prices,...

Daily Memo: NATO’s Priorities, Turkey’s Trade Deficit

NATO priorities. NATO named China as one of its strategic priorities for the first time in its Strategic Concept paper, which outlines its priorities...

The Politics of Sports in Saudi Arabia

As part of a push to diversify their economies away from fossil fuels, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have been making significant...

Daily Memo: NATO Enlargement, Independence Referendums

NATO enlargement. Turkey lifted its objections to Finland and Sweden’s applications to join NATO, just ahead of the start of the alliance’s summit in...

G-7 versus BRICS

The first half of 2022 is ending with a string of major summits. Meetings of national leaders aren’t usually fateful, but the G-7 summit...

Daily Memo: US-Iran Talks Resume, BRICS Expansion

Back at the table. U.S. and Iranian negotiators arrived in Doha on Tuesday to resume talks on a nuclear deal after a three-month hiatus. BRICS...

Warsaw to Budapest

The trip from Warsaw to Budapest is a trip between two realities. Warsaw is not quite on a war footing but exudes a desire...

Daily Memo: G-7 to Ban Russian Gold, Ukrainian City Under Russian Control

Bad news for Moscow. G-7 countries announced plans to ban imports of gold from Russia, one of the world’s largest gold exporters, during a...
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