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June 12, 2020

Countering Iranian influence in Iraq. After discussions on bilateral relations on a host of issues between the U.S. and Iraq, Washington officially committed to continue to withdraw troops from the country. After 17 years of war, there are plenty of reasons to believe Washington sincerely wants to reduce its footprint there, but Iran’s presence in […]

The Tug of War Over Libya

June 12, 2020

Cordiality has not been a characteristic of relations between nations in the modern Middle East and North Africa. Rather, relations have been more commonly...

Daily Memo: Restoring the Russian Economy

June 11, 2020

Restoring the Russian economy. Alexei Kudrin, the former Treasury minister and current head of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, has revealed the details of...

The Redemption of Prediction

June 11, 2020

Foreseeing what will happen is not difficult. It requires only that we face the fact that life always repeats itself if not perfectly, then...

Daily Memo: Brokering Peace in Libya

June 10, 2020

Brokering peace in Libya. France, Germany and Italy issued a joint statement calling on all parties involved in the Libyan war to engage in...

China Threatens Australia Because That’s All It Can Do

June 10, 2020

As cases of COVID-19 resurge elsewhere in the world, it’s worth remembering that Australia whipped the coronavirus into submission with relative ease, reducing the...

Daily Memo: Troubling German Trade Figures

June 9, 2020

Troubling German trade figures. German exports declined in April by 24 percent month over month and 31.1 percent year over year – the largest...

D-Day and Stalin

June 9, 2020

Editor’s Note: The following analysis was published on the anniversary of D-Day in 2019. It has been lightly edited. Over 70 years after it was...

Daily Memo: US to Pull Troops From Germany

June 8, 2020

The U.S. draws down. U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly plans to reduce the number of U.S. troops stationed in Germany by 9,500 and cap...

The Black Sea: The Key to Eurasian Stability?

June 8, 2020

Halford Mackinder, one of the founding fathers of geopolitics, said that if the Heartland was unstable, the world was unstable. And since the Heartland...

Daily Memo: Russian Oil Will Stay in Russia

June 5, 2020

Russia redirects exports. Russia’s Ministry of Energy instructed Russian oil companies to redirect a significant portion of oil products meant for export to the...

The Rivalry Between Iran’s Armed Services

June 5, 2020

A longstanding struggle between the services of Iran’s armed forces spilled into the open this week after the government’s official news agency published an...

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