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The Russian Treaty Proposal

We have been operating with a model of Russia. Having lost its non-Russian territories with the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia is missing...

Daily Memo: Bad Economic Signals From Germany, Mercenaries Moving in Africa

German downturn. Germany’s closely watched Ifo business confidence index fell in December for the sixth consecutive month amid COVID-19 uncertainty, supply chain bottlenecks and...

Daily Memo: Central Banks Move to Curb Inflation

Taper time. The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it will wind down its asset purchase program earlier than planned. The program will...

How Lebanon’s Ruling Elite Ruined the Country

Corruption is rampant in Lebanon. It permeates society and politics. Those who seek public office see it as an opportunity to make money. At...

Daily Memo: Putin-Xi Call, EU Divided on Russia Sanctions Plan

Sino-Russian cooperation. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed bilateral relations in a video call. Trade and economic ties between the...

Europe’s Fertilizer Crisis Could Become a Food Crisis

Last week, Romania’s largest producer of chemical fertilizers, Azomures, announced that it would temporary cut production amid rising energy prices. It is only the...

Daily Memo: US and Russian Officials in Indonesia, EU Sanctions Talk

Visiting Indonesia. The secretary of Russia’s Security Council met with Indonesia’s coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs to discuss expanding bilateral military...

Erdogan’s Waning Power

  (click to enlarge) Turkey’s presidential elections are slated for June 2023, but it’s unclear whether Recep Tayyip Erdogan will last that long in office. November...

Daily Memo: European Powder Kegs, North American Trade Disputes

Appeal for calm. Foreign ministers from the leading industrial nations of the G-7 called on Russia to de-escalate military tensions on the border with...

The Future of NATO’s Strategic Concept

2022 will bring two major diplomatic events for the trans-Atlantic community. First, in March, the European Union will adopt its Strategic Compass, a document...

Daily Memo: Critical Vote in Bosnia, Britain’s Sluggish Growth

Approaching secession? The Bosnian Serb assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina will vote on Friday on whether to opt out of the Bosnian army, judiciary...

Ukraine, War and American Doctrine

During the Vietnam War, an American doctrine emerged whereby wars were primarily political and waging wars signaled to other powers that the U.S. was...
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