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The Thailand-Cambodia Border Dispute

(click to enlarge) The Thailand–Cambodia border dispute over the Preah Vihear temple has flown under the radar but its nonetheless geopolitically significant. It stems from...

Daily Memo: Developments in Israel and Lebanon

Closer to escalation. Israel’s security cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for defeating Hamas and ending the war. The proposal involves disarming...

What Tariffs Mean for Brazil

Brazil would seem an unlikely target for the Trump administration’s tariff wars. As the 15th largest trade partner of the United States, Brazil accounts...

Daily Memo: Armenian, Azerbaijani Leaders Eye Peace Deal

Settlement in sight. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are expected to sign a peace framework when they meet with...

Where India Fits Into New US Strategies

In its 2025 annual forecast, GPF wrote that the world no longer has an anchor around which to organize itself. Nowhere is this better...

The Israeli-Druze Alliance of Necessity

Last month, clashes erupted between Druze militia groups and Sunni tribes in Syria’s southern province of Sweida. The enmity between the Druze and tribes...

Daily Memo: Russian Departures

Russia unbound. On Aug. 4, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Moscow no longer considers itself bound to the self-imposed restrictions regarding the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces...

Why the Israeli War Is Unsustainable

Israel has been fighting what’s become a multifront war for two years. And unlike its previous wars, there is no defined timeline, no geographic...

Daily Memo: Power for Syria , Changes in Iran

Energy for Syria. A new pipeline that will bring natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria has been inaugurated. The ceremony took place in Turkey’s...

Turkey’s Time to Rise

ā€œThe Next 100 Years,ā€ which was published some 15 years ago, forecast the emergence of three significant powers over the next few decades: Japan,...

Uncertainty in Tariffs

(click to enlarge) On Aug. 1, President Donald Trump signed an executive order introducing import duties of 10 percent to 41 percent on 69 countries...

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