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February 10, 2021

South China Sea still heating up. A week after conducting its first freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea during Joe Biden’s presidency, the U.S. Navy on Tuesday conducted exercises in the disputed waters featuring not one but two aircraft carrier groups – only the third time that’s happened since 2012. A French nuclear […]

Reflections on Poland’s Alliances

February 10, 2021

Once again, on the Vistula River, we are worried about security guarantees in the wake of a U.S. election. Politics is a dynamic, not...

Brief: An Opening for Colombia and Cuba?

February 9, 2021

Background: Cuba’s position in the Gulf of Mexico and proximity to the Florida coast has always made the island a strategic benefit when the...

Daily Memo: US Deploys to the Arctic, German Trade Plummets

February 9, 2021

Message to Moscow. The U.S. Air Force is sending B-1B Lancer bombers to Norway for the first time to begin missions within the next...

Biden’s First Middle East Moves

February 9, 2021

Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden took two steps in the Middle East. The first was that he notified Congress of his intention to...

Daily Memo: Brussels’ Frustrations, Cuba’s Economic Opening

February 8, 2021

Russian resistance. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said Russia was not interested in a “constructive dialogue with the EU” following his visit to...

The Far East as an Obstacle to Russo-Chinese Relations

February 8, 2021

Russo-China ties have always been something of a MacGuffin in international affairs. Moscow and Beijing are neither bitter enemies nor close allies, so movement...

Opening Up the Caucasus

February 5, 2021

(click to enlarge) After signing a cease-fire deal that ended the war in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in November, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan reached...

Daily Memo: Global Chip Crunch Continues to Bite

February 5, 2021

Chip crunch. Ford on Thursday said it would cut production at two U.S. plants where it builds the popular F-150 next week due to...

The Enigma of Dubai

February 5, 2021

First-time visitors to Dubai get the impression that they about to enter to an austere Islamic city with strict codes of conduct. They are...

Daily Memo: US Presses Pause on Retrenchment

February 4, 2021

Drawdown slowdown. The Pentagon press secretary said the future U.S. force posture in Afghanistan was being assessed but would be based on conditions on...