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Daily Memo: Ukraine’s European Backers Get Weak in the Knees

Paying for it. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said it would be “premature” for Rome to participate in NATO’s program to buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine while peace negotiations are underway. In the event of a deal, Kyiv would need security guarantees instead of weapons, he said. Facing funding shortages and resistance within the ruling […]

For Israel and Saudi Arabia, Normalization Is No Longer a Priority

During a meeting at the White House on Nov. 18, U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to join the...

Daily Memo: Productive and Unproductive Meetings

U.S.-Russia talks. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and the presidential special envoy on foreign investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, held talks with U.S....

A New Jihadist Hub in Africa

Nigeria and Mali are at the center of what is fast becoming the world’s most active theater of jihadism. Militant groups are exploiting the...

Daily Memo: Russian Presence on the Ukraine Border and the Red Sea

Security zone. Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian military’s North Forces Group to create a security zone along the border with Ukraine during...

The Peculiar Economics of the Black Sea Borderland

In moments of geopolitical transition, borderlands are often the harbingers of new economic orders. They are areas of inherent tension because they mark the...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Talks, Pakistan on Gaza Security

Ukraine's take. U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators held talks in Miami, Florida, on Friday, focused on the U.S.-brokered peace proposal with Russia. According to a...

The Nature of the Next American Cycle

The United States is in the middle of a storm, the tempest from which it will not emerge until the end of the decade....

George Answers Your Questions: On the 28-Point Plan to Resolve Ukraine

On the 28-Point Plan to Resolve Ukraine Nov. 24, 2025 Question: Where does Belarus figure in all of this? It borders NATO in the Baltics and...

New Cable Connections to Christmas Island

(click to enlarge) For more than three decades, Christmas Island has depended on phosphate mining and exports for its economic livelihood. But these supplies won’t...

Daily Memo: Putin in Central Asia, Syrian Unrest

Regional talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Kyrgyzstan for a three-day visit. He met on Wednesday with President Sadyr Japarov to discuss bilateral...

Explaining US Strategy Toward Venezuela

By now, it’s clear that military deployments in the Caribbean Sea are not just about curbing drug trafficking and its associated threats to the...
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