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March 20, 2026

(click to enlarge) Cuba's energy crisis has been going on for years but is now taking on a geopolitical dimension. The country's electricity infrastructure has...

Daily Memo: Belarusian Fertilizers, US-Japan Relations

March 20, 2026

Belarusian rapprochement. The U.S. will remove sanctions on two key Belarusian fertilizer producers amid disruptions in global supplies related to the Iran war. The...

Conditions for US-Russia Rapprochement Fall Into Place

March 20, 2026

Seven months after the historic Alaska summit between Russia and the United States, the time may finally be right for a rapprochement. In a...

Daily Memo: Strikes on Iran’s Navy, US Mulls Sending Reinforcements

March 19, 2026

Escalation. Israel carried out its first strike on Iranian targets in the Caspian Sea. Five Iranian navy vessels were reportedly hit in the attack...

Assessing Iran’s Capacity Amid Decapitation and Degradation

March 19, 2026

In the assessment of U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on March 18, three weeks of sustained bombardment by U.S. and Israeli forces...

Daily Memo: On US Drones and Strikes on Iran

March 18, 2026

Mass production. The Pentagon wants to mass-produce a low-cost one-way attack drone that the U.S. has been using in the Iran conflict, the Wall...

Why Asia Hopes for a Short Mideast War

March 18, 2026

The war in Iran has already had far-reaching consequences in the Asia-Pacific. The region is highly dependent on Middle Eastern oil, liquefied natural gas...

Daily Memo: Trump on Cuba, Pakistani Airstrikes

March 17, 2026

Plans for Cuba. U.S. President Donald Trump said he thinks he will have “the honor of taking Cuba,” amid the United States’ continued energy...

Geopolitics, War and Iran

March 17, 2026

In 1940, the United States placed Japan in a difficult position. Japan was a country with very limited resources. It had to import oil,...

Daily Memo: Trade Disruptions, Trump Calls on Allies

March 16, 2026

Oil trade. A Pakistani-flagged oil tanker was able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and is now heading toward Pakistan, Bloomberg reported. Ship-tracking...

Inside Iran’s Mosaic Defense

March 16, 2026

Modern military conflicts follow a certain operational logic, which goes something like this: The less centralized an enemy’s command and control is, the less...