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On the Road Again

Tomorrow, my wife, Meredith, and I leave for Poland and Hungary. I have been invited to both countries so I am not crashing the party, and it will give me a chance to get a sense of the war in Ukraine without being shot at. Not getting shot is key to our retirement plan. Still, […]

Daily Memo: European Leaders Visit Ukraine, BRICS Security Officials Meet

Train to Kyiv. French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis arrived in Ukraine...

Israel Calls Hezbollah’s Bluff

Earlier this month, the Israeli-contracted Energean Power gas rig reached the Suez Canal from Singapore on its way to the Karish gas field, located...

Daily Memo: Convenient Technical Issues in Russian Gas Deliveries, ECB Goes to Plan B

Throttled supplies. Russia’s Gazprom said on Tuesday that it had to reduce natural gas supplies to Europe via a Baltic Sea pipeline by about...

Daily Memo: France’s War Economy, Germany’s Record Inflation

War economy. French President Emmanuel Macron said he would ask his defense minister and chief of defense staff to reassess the Military Programming Law,...

Economies and War

The American economy, the largest and most dynamic in the world, is a geopolitical issue. And right now, it is in a predictable period...

Daily Memo: Trade War Warnings, Competition in South Asia

Trade war preparations. The European Union will decide on Wednesday whether to restart legal proceedings against the United Kingdom for breaches of the Brexit...

A New Trade Pact in the Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the U.S.-led effort to counter China and foster economic engagement in the region, has officially launched. India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand,...

Exerting Economic Influence in Latin America

(click to enlarge) In recent years, the U.S. has leaned more heavily on using economic engagement and economic warfare to exert influence over other countries....

Daily Memo: New Disruptions to Chip and Gas Supplies

Trucker strike. Approximately 1,000 South Korean truckers, angry about rising fuel costs, launched a strike in front of Hyundai Motors’ largest factory complex in...

Daily Memo: New Syria Deployments, Putin-Raisi Talks

Reinforcements. According to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Russia sent personnel carriers, armored vehicles, medium and heavy weapons, and anti-aircraft missiles to...

The Roots of Arab Turmoil

The rise of the modern nation-state and established universal values has led to a reduction in political violence in many places across the globe....
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