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Daily Memo: Coalitions Take Shape

Stop fighting. That was the message to Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday from the presidents of France, Russia and the United States. Specifically, the statement by the three co-chairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Minsk Group called for the immediate end of hostilities and for the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan […]

On Presidential Debates

As I write this, my wife is watching the presidential debate in another room. I am sitting alone and sipping a port because I...

Daily Memo: Nagorno-Karabakh Simmers

“Negotiating” on the battlefield. The latest update from the fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh is that the fighting is ongoing and little...

As Turkey’s Economy Goes, So Goes Its Ambitions

Turkey’s economy is in dire straits. In September, the Turkish lira fell to a 20-year low as investors withdrew billions from Turkey’s currency bond...

Daily Memo: Confusion Reigns in Nagorno-Karabakh

Scorekeeping in Nagorno-Karabakh. On Monday, day two of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, losses continued to mount. Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian enclave at the center...

The Fighting in the Caucasus

Fighting has broken out again over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave inside Azerbaijan nominally controlled by Azerbaijan but governed by ethnic Armenians. Since the fall of...

Daily Memo: Clashes in the Caucasus

Renewed fighting. Clashes erupted in the restive Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday, as both countries declared martial law and accused each...

Can China Still Export Its People’s War?

Earlier this summer, as the Indian government scrambled to curry support both at home and abroad for its bare-knuckle standoff against China in the...

Daily Memo: The Future of the US Navy

You sank my drone. The Pentagon is expected to release its long-awaited “Future Navy Force Study” in the coming weeks. It looks like the...

Russia Plays It Cool With Belarus

On Sept. 23, Alexander Lukashenko officially took office as president of Belarus again. It wasn’t your typical inauguration ceremony, the date of which was...

Daily Memo: More Protests in Belarus, Food Stress in China

Belarus after the inauguration. Protests began on Wednesday in Minsk after the inauguration ceremony of President Alexander Lukashenko, which had not been publicly announced...

Daily Memo: Frozen Deployments in the Himalayas, Lukashenko’s Secret Inauguration

China and India freeze troop deployments. Senior Chinese and Indian military officials agreed to refrain from sending additional troops to their contested border between...
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