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The UAE’s Quiet Militarization of the Red Sea

The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that comprises one side of the civil war in Sudan, recently took el-Fasher, the last important stronghold of the country’s military in western Sudan. The victory – and the massacre that followed – would have been impossible without foreign support. Multiple intelligence assessments suggest that that support came […]

Daily Memo: US Revamp in Puerto Rico, Egyptian Mediation

Upgrade. The U.S. military is modernizing the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico, which the Navy closed more than 20 years ago,...

The Inevitability of Japan’s New Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi’s election as the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party’s first female leader was a historic yet politically logical outcome. The LDP’s two-round leadership system...

George Answers Your Questions: US-China Trade War

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: China Oct. 30, 2025 Question: In one of your videos you mentioned in passing that you suspect Trump's tariffs imposed...

US Strikes on Caribbean and Pacific Drug Trafficking

(click to enlarge) Since Sept. 2, the United States has widened its use of kinetic force against maritime drug routes in the Caribbean and eastern...

Daily Memo: US Posture in Europe, India’s Russian Oil Imports

Further withdrawal? The Trump administration has reportedly quietly signaled to European allies that it plans to reduce U.S. forces in Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia...

Trump, Xi, and Managing Rivalry

The United States faces an imperative to establish a workable modus vivendi with China. For now, China is a near-peer competitor of the U.S....

A Shift in the Nuclear Order?

Following a visit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Seoul had his approval to build a nuclear-powered...

Daily Memo: US-China Deal, Ukrainian Emigration

Progress. U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to reduce U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports during a meeting in South Korea with Chinese President Xi Jinping....

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: China

In 1984, the Chinese economy achieved an astounding growth rate of 15 percent. It declined after that and varied over the subsequent years but...

Daily Memo: US to Withdraw Some Troops from Romania

Downsizing. The U.S. plans to withdraw 800 soldiers stationed in Romania, according to Romanian officials, as part of a broader restructuring of its forces...

China’s Military Self-Critique

Last week, the PLA Daily, the official newspaper of China’s armed forces, published a lengthy and unusually candid article assessing the People’s Liberation Army’s...

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