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September 2, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a mission to remake the Eastern Mediterranean. Within Turkish society and across the country’s fragmented political landscape, there is a consensus that the decision to cede islands in the Aegean Sea to Greece decades ago was a tremendous mistake. Thus, in 2017, at a welcoming ceremony during the […]

Daily Memo: Unrest in Belarus and Beirut

September 1, 2020

Belarus update. Protests in Belarus continue for a fourth week, with smaller businesses now joining the fray. Online stores, bars, cafes, beauty salons, print...

Nothing Has Changed With Taiwan

September 1, 2020

On Aug. 17, 1982, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz sent a memo via an American diplomat to the Taiwanese government. On Monday, just...

Daily Memo: US-Taiwan Relations, Lebanon’s Next Prime Minister

August 31, 2020

Washington's commitment to Taiwan. The U.S. is reportedly set to declassify documents providing clarity on the “six assurances,” a set of security commitments made...

In Russia, Mercenaries Are a Strategic Tool

August 31, 2020

Belarusian intelligence has accused Russia of sending private citizens to interfere in the country’s affairs and generally engage in acts of provocation. These same...

Daily Memo: Economic Fallout From the Belarus Crisis

August 28, 2020

Belarus' economy takes a hit. The political crisis in Belarus is gradually turning into an economic one. Several banks, including the Belarusian subsidiary of...

Turkey’s Navy: Searching for an Edge in the Mediterranean

August 28, 2020

It seems that in every corner of the Middle East, Turkey has inserted itself in one way or another. In northern Iraq and Syria,...

Daily Memo: Stalemate in Belarus, New Weapons in the Struggle for the South China Sea

August 27, 2020

Stalemate in Belarus. On Wednesday, 30 people were detained across Belarus as post-election protests continued, and police drove back protesters at Independence Square in...

Daily Memo: India-Russia Relations, a UK-Japan Trade Deal

August 26, 2020

India and Russia get close. Several developments this week indicate the current state of Russia-India relations. First, the co-director of the Russian-Indian joint venture...

Lebanon’s Unwanted Palestinian Refugees

August 26, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently touring the Middle East to promote the Israel-UAE peace deal signed earlier this month and to...

Daily Memo: The Long Road to Normalization

August 25, 2020

Germany’s path to economic recovery. Germany’s official Destatis statistics agency published new economic data on the second quarter, including a slightly improved picture of...

The Poisoning of Navalny

August 25, 2020

Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s highest-profile political opponent, remains alive in a German hospital after being poisoned in the Russian town of Tomsk....

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