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July 29, 2020

On July 12, Armenian and Azerbaijani forces clashed in the Tovuz border region – far from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where such clashes usually take place – and the sporadic violence has continued ever since. At first, the countries’ two larger neighbors with a geopolitical interest in the region, Russia and Turkey, did not interfere. On […]

Daily Memo: Making Moves in the South China Sea

July 28, 2020

South China Sea moves. During his annual state of the union address on Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ruled out allowing the U.S. to...

Racial Cycles

July 28, 2020

Slavery was the law of the land when the United States was founded, and it would take nearly a century, and a civil war,...

Daily Memo: Update on Azerbaijan-Armenia Hostilities

July 27, 2020

Update on Azerbaijan-Armenia border clashes. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry on Monday accused Armenia of violating a cease-fire 45 times over the past day using high-caliber...

The Presidential Elections in Belarus

July 27, 2020

On Aug. 9, Belarus will hold presidential elections at a time when the country has never faced so many threats from so many directions....

Daily Memo: Coalitions in the Med

July 24, 2020

Coalitions in the Med. Europe is scrambling to resolve the standoff in the Eastern Mediterranean. French President Emmanuel Macron held a meeting with Cyprus’...

The EU Opens the Door to More China Trade

July 24, 2020

After 10 years of negotiation, the European Council earlier this week authorized the EU to sign a trade agreement with China. The deal will...

Daily Memo: Cease-Fires and Divisions

July 23, 2020

Two Libyas? Senior officials from the foreign ministries of Turkey and Russia met from July 21 to July 22 in Ankara to discuss a...

Daily Memo: Setting Fire to Diplomacy, Hezbollah Retaliates

July 22, 2020

China, we have a problem. The U.S. abruptly ordered the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston, Texas, citing “massive illegal spying and influence...

The Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales

July 22, 2020

The British recently finished building two new aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales. Last week, Britain announced that one of...

Daily Memo: The EU Deadlock Breaks

July 21, 2020

The deadlock breaks. After three days of intense negotiations – which comprised the second-longest summit in European Council history – the European Union finally...