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Daily Memo: Seoul’s New Defense Blueprint, Israel’s New Port on the Med

Defense blueprint. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says it’s developing new, more powerful ballistic missiles with 3-ton payloads theoretically capable of destroying underground bunkers – say, ones housing a nuclear arsenal or a belligerent dictator and his inner circle. The ministry released a defense blueprint, which also spotlights new missile defense capabilities, and credits the U.S. […]

What the Taliban’s Resurgence Means for the Arab World

There have been mixed reactions in the Arab world to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Oman’s grand sheikh congratulated the Afghan people on what...

Daily Memo: Ukraine’s President Visits the White House

Zelensky in Washington. U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are set to meet at the White House on Wednesday. Zelensky is...

Facing Reality: China’s Strategy

China is the definition of dynamic. Until the 20th century, the regions of Tibet, Xinjiang, Manchuria and Inner Mongolia were not under the political...

Daily Memo: Delta Disrupts China’s Recovery, EU Braces for Refugees

Chinese slowdown. China's services sector is getting slammed by the COVID-19 delta variant, with sporadic lockdowns in China over the past month leading to...

Chile: Under Pressure at Home and Constrained Abroad

For a generation, Chile has been an outlier in Latin America. Between its economic development, per capita gross domestic product, strong institutions and general...

Brief: Russia Reinforces Its Buffer in Central Asia

Background: Central Asia buffers Russia from the ongoing instability in Afghanistan, but Moscow fears that increased migration and the threat of terrorism and extremism...

Daily Memo: Macron’s Visit to Iraq

Ambitious plans. French President Emmanuel Macron was in Iraq over the weekend and pledged that French forces would remain in the country even if...

Germany and Italy Battle for Control of the ECB

Of all the disagreements among the European Union member states – migration, foreign policy or even the so-called European Green Deal – economic policy...

Daily Memo: Japan’s Breakthrough, China’s Corruption Charges

Japanese-Taiwanese talks. Officials from Japan’s and Taiwan’s respective ruling parties held long-awaited security talks on Friday, a major if still mostly symbolic breakthrough in...

The American Need to be Admired

On a trip to France in 1976, I had a scholar of some repute explain to me how the Vietnam War, having cost Washington...

Brief: Concerning China’s Inequality

Background: China’s population has not shared in the country's past three decades of breakneck economic growth. The rising tide may have lifted nearly all...
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