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The Broader Impact of a New Alliance in the Middle East

Last week, my colleague Kamran Bokhari predicted the emergence of a new Middle Eastern geopolitical order. He noted that that order would be built...

George Answers Your Questions: Azerbaijan: Very Small, Very Significant

Azerbaijan: Very Small, Very Significant Aug. 3, 2026 Question: If Azerbaijan is the soft underbelly of Russia, in what way could it give Putin a tummy...

Ceuta’s Migration Crisis

(click to enlarge) On 30 July, an unprecedented migration crisis unfolded in the small Spanish exclave of Ceuta, an 18-square-kilometer (7-square-mile) territory on the North...

Belarus’ Military Buildup Is About Survival

Recent moves by Belarus to strengthen and reorganize its military have raised concerns that Minsk and Moscow are preparing to open a second front...

After Iran, a Security Transition by Committee

For years, the United States has projected power across the Middle East through a concentrated network of command, air, naval and logistics hubs. Bahrain...

What Will the Middle East Look Like After the Iran War?

The United States, as we’ve written before, is in the process of implementing a new global geostrategy that would allow Washington to offload some...

Daily Memo: Russian Exports, Black Sea Trade

Grain trade. Russia reduced its wheat exports by 17.7 percent year over year in July to 1.8 million metric tons. In total, Russia exported...

Russia’s Road Back Runs Through Berlin

By Andrew Ryvkin Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the media has focused more on Russia’s negotiations with the United States than with the European...

Daily Memo: Receding Danube Levels, Negotiations With Iran

Energy crisis. Romania has declared a state of emergency for the entire month of August due to declining electricity generation caused by record-low water...

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