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Daily Memo: Western Naval Cooperation, Helping Taiwan

Western naval cooperation. The U.S. and British navies are preparing to sign an agreement to dramatically boost interoperability and technological integration, according to the head of U.S. naval operations. The agreement would allow personnel from both sides to serve on each otherā€™s ships. This comes a day after the U.S. and French naval chiefs discussed […]

Will US Troops Return to Taiwan?

For the past several years, China has been going to exaggerated lengths to isolate Taiwan ā€“ diplomatically, militarily, even epidemiologically. But Taipei and Washington...

Brief: The US Eyes a Settlement Over Nagorno-Karabakh

Background: Russia and Turkey support opposing sides in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan where fighting flared last month. Moscow...

Daily Memo: Japanā€™s Energetic Diplomacy, Sino-Russian Gas Trade

Suga in Vietnam. New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga isnā€™t wasting time taking advantage of Southeast Asian countriesā€™ desire for deeper regional involvement from...

The Stability of Foreign Policy Amid Political Chaos

In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon stepped into the political and social chaos wrought by the Johnson administration and compounded it substantially. Hence, when...

Brief: India Breathes New Life Into ā€˜the Quadā€™ Alliance

Editorā€™s Note: The following is a new content type we are calling Briefs. They are real-time updates on the worldā€™s most pressing geopolitical events,...

Daily Memo: Chinaā€™s Uneven Recovery

Chinaā€™s economy falls short. Chinaā€™s economy grew an estimated 4.9 percent year over year in real terms in the third quarter, according to official...

Not Quite a Lebanese-Israeli Entente

On Oct. 14, a delegation from the Lebanese government travelled by helicopter to the town of Ras Naqoura, just north of the Lebanese-Israeli border,...

Brief: The Truth About Saudi Normalizing Ties With Israel

Editorā€™s Note: The following is a new content type we are calling Briefs. They are real-time updates on the worldā€™s most pressing geopolitical events,...

Daily Memo: Russian Military Drills Around the Caucasus, Brexit Latest

Russian drills in the Caspian. The Russian navyā€™s Caspian Flotilla, together with aircraft from the countryā€™s nearby Southern Military District, began exercises in the...

The US Rediscovers North Africa

Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco on a diplomatic tour of North Africa. The trip, one...

Brief: Germany Prepares for a Wave of Insolvencies

Editorā€™s Note:Ā The following is a new content type we are calling Briefs. They are real-time updates on the worldā€™s most pressing geopolitical events, broken...

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