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Europe After the Pandemic

Editor’s note: The following analysis is adapted from the forthcoming book, ā€œContemporary Geopolitics and Geoeconomics.ā€ For the European Union, two events were supposed to define...

European Union Economic Update

(click to enlarge) As much of the European Union goes under stricter lockdown over the holiday season, economic figures released last week for the third...

Daily Memo: Investing in Openness, and Destroyers

EU and China nearing investment treaty. China and the European Union are close to sealing an investment agreement by year’s end, EU officials said....

Jordan’s Uncertain Future

As a small, weak and fragmented country, Jordan fits the profile of a typical buffer state. It lies between stronger rival states and frequently...

Daily Memo: Turkey Sanctions Fallout

With friends like these. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that U.S. sanctions over his country’s purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems were...

Daily Memo: Brexit Buzz, Deceptive Economic Data

Hope for a deal. Optimism is growing that the European Union and the United Kingdom will reach a post-Brexit free trade deal, potentially by...

In Europe and China, a New Status Quo

2020 was supposed to be the ā€œYear of Sino-European Friendship,ā€ or so said Chinese state media last December. Eager to drive a stake in...

Brief: Russia Demonstrates Its Commitment to the Balkans

Background: The Balkans is a region where the interests of many powers – namely Russia, the United States, the European Union and Turkey –...

Daily Memo: Threats of Retaliation in the Middle East

Israel prepares for attack. Israel successfully carried out a series of air defense tests involving its short-range Iron Dome system, medium-range David’s Sling, and...

Arab Recognition of Israel Redefines the Middle East

Last week, Morocco established diplomatic relations with Israel, joining three other Arab countries – the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan – that normalized...

Daily Memo: US Government Agencies Hacked

Russia accused of cyberattack. Russian state-backed hackers are suspected of having breached the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments, and likely other federal agencies, and...

Russia Plays Both Sides in Germany

On Dec. 8, a delegation from the AfD, a far-right German opposition party whose interests in the country tend to align with Russia’s, arrived...

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