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June 30, 2020

The media exploded late last week with reports that Russia had paid the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. and Afghan troops. The plot was...

Daily Memo: Contests for Influence in Iraq and the South China Sea

June 29, 2020

Iran’s diminished influence. Iranian influence in Iraq suffered a major blow after Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi directed a raid last week on a...

The Caesar Act and Assad’s Moment of Reckoning

June 29, 2020

Last December, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act – with strong bipartisan Congressional support – to hold the Syrian...

Daily Memo: Russo-Indian Defense Deals, Iraq Cracks Down on Iranian Influence

June 26, 2020

Russia and India pick up the pace. The Russian government will accelerate implementation of a defense contract with India that includes delivery of five...

India Rising

June 26, 2020

India’s days as a fairly quiet giant on the world stage are coming to an end. For much of the 21st century, India has...

Daily Memo: IMF Warnings, Japanese Defenses

June 25, 2020

Lebanon's economic woes. The International Monetary Fund has warned that Lebanon's central bank has accumulated $49 billion in losses due to defaults on bond...

Daily Memo: North Korea Backs Down, Putin Promises Changes

June 24, 2020

Kim backs down. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suspended plans for “military action” against South Korea, per state media on Wednesday. North Korea...

Will the Coronavirus Forge a Brave New World?

June 24, 2020

Of all the major geopolitical players on the planet, Mother Nature may be the toughest adversary. Nature has neither imperatives nor constraints to guide...

Daily Memo: India and China Pull Back From the Brink

June 23, 2020

Cooler heads in the Himalayas. India and China on Tuesday agreed on a set of “modalities for disengagement from all friction areas in eastern...

Putin’s New History of Europe and the Rehabilitation of Stalin

June 23, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin likes to argue that World War II, and much of the suffering wrought by it, was the responsibility not just...

Daily Memo: Protests in Belarus, Armed Forces Reforms in China

June 22, 2020

Unrest in Belarus. Protests have erupted again in Belarus against the detention of activists and presidential hopefuls set to challenge President Alexander Lukashenko in...