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Daily Memo: New Stage in US-Chinese Competition

U.S.-Chinese competition. The U.S. Senate is inching closer to finalizing legislation worth at least $200 billion aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness against China. The Biden administration also announced a “strike force” to combat unfair Chinese trade practices. China, meanwhile, is pushing forward with a new law aimed at making it easier to retaliate against Western […]

Russia as a Developing Nation

Richard Moore, who heads Britain’s foreign intelligence service, or MI6, was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying that “Russia is an objectively weakening...

Brief: In Moldova, an Election Russia Can’t Afford to Lose

Background: The Republic of Moldova, together with Belarus and Ukraine, forms the buffer zone separating Russia and the NATO countries. Moldova’s cultural similarities with...

Daily Memo: Washington’s Nod to Taipei, Turkey’s Latest Discovery

Disregarding protocol. The U.S. has sent some 750,000 COVID-19 vaccines and three U.S. senators to Taiwan. It sent them in a U.S. Air Force...

Southeast Asia’s Strategic Disunity

Just about any time the Association of Southeast Asian Nations makes news, it seems to be for doing a whole lot of nothing. That's...

Daily Memo: China in Afghanistan, France in Mali

Afghan expansion. China says it’s eyeing a major expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative into Afghanistan as the U.S. ducks out of the...

Daily Memo: Israel’s Opposition Forms Coalition, Food Prices Soar

Unseating Bibi. Israeli opposition parties reached a deal on Wednesday to form a government and unseat current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The coalition consists...

The Roots of Arab Republican Despotism

Last week, Syrian President Bashar Assad won a seven-year presidential term for the fourth time since 2000. According to official figures, Assad won 95...

Brief: Chinese Warplanes in Malaysian Airspace

Background: China's biggest strategic challenge is preventing foreign powers from using the first island chain to box in Chinese forces or blockade vital Chinese...

Daily Memo: Iranian Navy’s Largest Ship Sinks

Iranian ship sinks. Iran’s largest training and logistics ship, the Kharg, caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman. According to the Iranian...

What the EU’s Green Deal Means for Europe and Russia

Last week, the European Commission announced that it will unveil in July a dozen climate change policies meant to ensure that member states meet...

Brief: Europe Braces for More Migrants

Background: Several years removed from the migrant crisis, Europe is still working to integrate new immigrants. Like the COVID-19 pandemic, the migration episode raised...
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