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Look North: A Short History of US-Colombian Relations

Colombia is among the United States’ closest allies in the Western Hemisphere. For the past 200 years, the two countries have partnered in mutually beneficial projects on a range of economic and security matters. Any disagreements they’ve had were short-lived and relatively easily resolved. The key to understanding this unique and lasting partnership is understanding […]

Daily Memo: The Mounting Pressure on Minsk and Beijing

Weighing options in Belarus. The U.N. Security Council held closed-door meetings Tuesday on the situation in Belarus following the country’s disputed presidential election earlier...

Of Belarus, China and Watching a Perfect Game Pitched

There are moments in history when disparate global events combine to change the shape of the global system. People like me long for these...

Daily Memo: New US Measures Target Huawei, Another Wave of Flooding Along the Yangtze

Chip wars. The United States is going for the jugular against Huawei. The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Monday new restrictions on exports to...

Israel and the UAE Formalize Their Normalized Relations

On Aug. 13, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a historic peace treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, two countries that do not...

Daily Memo: Week 2 of Belarus Protests

Belarus protests enter their second week. On Sunday, one week since President Alexander Lukashenko won reelection, tens of thousands of supporters of the government...

Turkey and Iraq Tread Carefully in Kurdistan

Last week, a Turkish drone strike allegedly targeting a convoy of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, an insurgent group based in northern Iraq...

Daily Memo: A Good Week for Deals

A historic deal in the Middle East. The United Arab Emirates and Israel signed a historic peace deal on Thursday. It’s a diplomatic breakthrough, as...

How Sudanese Mercenaries Fuel the Conflicts in Yemen and Libya

Sudan is a country of contradictions. It has untapped natural resources and fertile land that could feed the entire Arab region. Yet the majority...

Daily Memo: Taiwanese Defense Spending, French Deployments to the Mediterranean

Taiwanese defense. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s Cabinet on Thursday proposed a more than 10 percent increase in defense spending. According to Taiwan’s de facto...

Hiroshima and Moral Revisionism

Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first of two strikes on the Japanese mainland that forever changed...

Daily Memo: Tensions in Northern Iraq, Budget Pressure in Russia

Tensions in northern Iraq. Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad following Turkey’s drone strikes on Tuesday in Iraq’s northeast Sidakan region....
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