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The Future of Hezbollah

Last month, the Lebanese Cabinet approved a U.S. proposal calling on Beirut to impose state sovereignty over all Lebanese territory, demarcate the border with Israel and disarm Hezbollah. Under the plan, Israel would then begin a gradual withdrawal from the positions it occupied in southern Lebanon last year. The Lebanese government subsequently announced its intention […]

Daily Memo: China Hosts SCO, Strikes Pipeline Deal With Russia

Chinese leadership. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization held its annual summit in China from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, with more than 20 world leaders...

A Global Military Recruitment Crisis

Many militaries in the world have a personnel problem. The British government, for example, has said for years that it doesn’t just need more...

Turkey Eyes Breakthrough in Eastern Mediterranean Standoff

(click to enlarge) Libya’s eastern parliament is preparing to vote on ratifying a maritime deal that its rivals in western Libya signed with Turkey in...

Daily Memo: Developments in Ukraine and Lebanon

Ukraine resolution. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Moscow would agree to stop incursions beyond the current front lines in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia...

Seoul Hoping for a Restart With Pyongyang

Since taking office in June, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has repeatedly raised the issue of reunification with North Korea. Earlier this month,...

Daily Memo: Russian LNG Shipment to China Tests US Sanctions

Sanctions test. A vessel loaded with liquefied natural gas from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 plant, which is under U.S. sanctions, docked for the first...

Saudi Arabia Taking the Lead in the Middle East

Massive geopolitical change has come to the Middle East. One of the region’s bigger powers, Iran, has been weakened by Israel, and the United...

Daily Memo: The German Military, Tariffs on India

Recruitment drive. Germany on Wednesday launched a new plan to boost military service. The initiative, approved by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Cabinet, seeks to attract...

Daily Memo: French Politics, US-Russia Relations

Another rupture. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has called a confidence vote for Sept. 8 over his plan to cut spending by 44 billion...

Russia Lacks an Economic Exit Strategy in Ukraine

Days before Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 15, Russian forces in Ukraine made their largest single-day gain...

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