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October 28, 2020

Background: One of India’s strategic challenges is that it governs a large area with extremely diverse inhabitants. The current government has tried to meet this challenge by implementing measures aimed at centralizing administrative and economic power. Peripheral regions like Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the distant northwest are particularly worrisome for New Delhi, as […]

Daily Memo: Strains in US-South Korea Ties

October 28, 2020

South Korea rebuffs the U.S. on military … South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook, apparently for the first time, hinted on Tuesday (but never...

If Belarus Falls

October 28, 2020

In recent years, Russia’s hand has stretched farther and farther – into Georgia, Ossetia, Abkhazia, Crimea, Donbass, Armenia, the Black Sea, Syria and Libya....

Daily Memo: Xi Everlasting

October 27, 2020

Xi everlasting. As is tradition, the Communist Party of China is set to roll out its next five-year plan at its Central Committee plenum...

What Happened to American Leadership?

October 27, 2020

International conferences for people in my profession are generally a thing of the recent past, having been replaced by virtual conferences via platforms like...

Brief: The US Tries and Fails to Bring Peace to Nagorno-Karabakh

October 26, 2020

Background: The fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave in Azerbaijan controlled by the local ethnic Armenian population, has continued despite several cease-fire attempts brokered by...

Daily Memo: China’s 5-Year Plan, Time’s Up in Belarus

October 26, 2020

China’s next five-year economic playbook. The Fifth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee kicked off on Monday morning, with Chinese leaders gathering...

Cyberattacks as a Public Health Threat

October 26, 2020

Traditionally, military, government and financial institutions have been the primary targets of international cyberattacks. But the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the extent to which...

Coronavirus Trends in Latin America

October 23, 2020

(click to enlarge) The coronavirus pandemic has hit Latin America hard. By the end of September, the region accounted for 28 percent of global cases...

Daily Memo: Progress in Libya and Belarus

October 23, 2020

Second wave crashes on Europe’s recovery. A second wave of coronavirus infections is pushing eurozone economies into a double-dip recession, according to preliminary surveys...

In Algeria, a New Constitution Fails to Deliver

October 23, 2020

On Nov. 1, the anniversary of the launch of Algeria’s war of independence, the country’s new constitution will be put to a referendum. President...

Brief: After the Ultimatum in Belarus

October 22, 2020

Background: Belarus remains unstable. Neither President Alexander Lukashenko nor the political opposition has much of an advantage. An ultimatum set by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the...

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