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October 22, 2020

Brexit talks are back on. After a nearly one-week hiatus, negotiations on a trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union resumed Thursday in London. Negotiators agreed to work together daily – even on weekends! – on multiple issues concurrently, with a goal of reaching a settlement by mid-November. If they fail, the […]

Brief: Russia and Ukraine Sit Down to Discuss Trade

October 21, 2020

Background: The Kremlin has in recent years used all the tools at its disposal to regain lost influence over the post-Soviet republics. In Ukraine,...

Daily Memo: Western Naval Cooperation, Helping Taiwan

October 21, 2020

Western naval cooperation. The U.S. and British navies are preparing to sign an agreement to dramatically boost interoperability and technological integration, according to the...

Will US Troops Return to Taiwan?

October 21, 2020

For the past several years, China has been going to exaggerated lengths to isolate Taiwan – diplomatically, militarily, even epidemiologically. But Taipei and Washington...

Brief: The US Eyes a Settlement Over Nagorno-Karabakh

October 20, 2020

Background: Russia and Turkey support opposing sides in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan where fighting flared last month. Moscow...

Daily Memo: Japan’s Energetic Diplomacy, Sino-Russian Gas Trade

October 20, 2020

Suga in Vietnam. New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga isn’t wasting time taking advantage of Southeast Asian countries’ desire for deeper regional involvement from...

The Stability of Foreign Policy Amid Political Chaos

October 20, 2020

In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon stepped into the political and social chaos wrought by the Johnson administration and compounded it substantially. Hence, when...

Brief: India Breathes New Life Into ‘the Quad’ Alliance

October 19, 2020

Editor’s Note: The following is a new content type we are calling Briefs. They are real-time updates on the world’s most pressing geopolitical events,...

Daily Memo: China’s Uneven Recovery

October 19, 2020

China’s economy falls short. China’s economy grew an estimated 4.9 percent year over year in real terms in the third quarter, according to official...

Not Quite a Lebanese-Israeli Entente

October 19, 2020

On Oct. 14, a delegation from the Lebanese government travelled by helicopter to the town of Ras Naqoura, just north of the Lebanese-Israeli border,...

Brief: The Truth About Saudi Normalizing Ties With Israel

October 16, 2020

Editor’s Note: The following is a new content type we are calling Briefs. They are real-time updates on the world’s most pressing geopolitical events,...

Daily Memo: Russian Military Drills Around the Caucasus, Brexit Latest

October 16, 2020

Russian drills in the Caspian. The Russian navy’s Caspian Flotilla, together with aircraft from the country’s nearby Southern Military District, began exercises in the...

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