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Daily Memo: Inflation Expectations, Chinese Real Estate News

Inflation expectations. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress that the Fed will stop using the word “transitory” to describe current inflation in favor of better articulating the economic forces at play. He said price increases have spread widely, the omicron variant of COVID-19 raises uncertainty, and the factors driving inflation will persist into […]

Why the Poland-Belarus Border Crisis Won’t Last

Images of migrants – many of them with children, coming mainly from the Middle East – camped at the border as they try to...

Daily Memo: US Supply Chain Probe, Eurozone Record Inflation

Supply chain probe. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is launching an official investigation into the causes of supply chain disruptions and how they are...

The Debate Over America First

Since the 1930s, there has been a debate in the United States over a foreign policy based on “America First,” a nationalistic policy that...

Daily Memo: New COVID Restrictions, Record Japanese Defense Spending

No rest for the weary. While the U.S. was shut down for the Thanksgiving holiday, much of the rest of the world started shutting...

For the UAE, Change Is an Existential Threat

The United Arab Emirates presents itself to the outside world as a liberal and tolerant Muslim country. This isn’t far from the truth. The...

Daily Memo: Turkish Protests, EU Sanctions on China

Freefall. Protests broke out in several cities in Turkey over the collapse of the Turkish lira. On Tuesday, the lira fell to more than...

The World Ocean Versus the Continent

For centuries, the power that controls the seas – the “World Ocean” – has successfully stymied continental rivals and dictated the rules of world trade. The...

Daily Memo: Chinese Birthrates, Moldovan Gas Supplies

Population problem. Birthrates in China dropped to just 8.5 per 1,000 people in 2020, a record low for the country, according to new data...

Russia’s Move

Russia is not a trustful country – for good reason. Germany invaded it twice in the 20th century, France invaded it once in the...

Daily Memo: Protests Erupt in Europe, Deal Reached in Sudan

Anger boils over. Protests broke out across Europe over the weekend after governments announced new COVID-19 restrictions last week. In Vienna, roughly 40,000 people...

Japan’s Indispensable Role in Southeast Asia

One of the funnier moments of the past few years in geopolitics took place in 2017 in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bedroom. Duterte had...

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