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Daily Memo: Clashes in the Caucasus, Pre-election Protests in Belarus

Clashes in the Caucasus. Azerbaijan said it destroyed an Armenian military facility along the Azerbaijan-Armenia border as cross-border shelling, which began on July 12 in the Tovuz region, continued on Wednesday. In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, more than 1,000 protesters took part in a rally in support of the army, chanting slogans like “Our […]

Moscow Under Stress on Its Periphery

Two weeks ago, Russia concluded a constitutional referendum meant to shore up the power of the Kremlin and especially of Vladimir Putin. Under the...

Daily Memo: Beijing’s South China Sea Claims, Europe’s Posture Toward Russia

Washington rejects Beijing's claims. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded the U.S. condemnation of China’s expansion in the South China Sea,...

The Truth About the US-China Thucydides Trap

We remember Thucydides as a historian thanks to his documentation of the Peloponnesian War, but we often forget that he was also a philosopher....

Daily Memo: Protests in Eastern Russia, Clashes in Azerbaijan

Russian protests. Protests broke out in Russia’s Far Eastern territory of Khabarovsk after Gov. Sergei Furgal was arrested and accused of organizing the murders...

Turkey’s Defense Industry and the Projection of Regional Power

Turkey’s relations with the West have never been smooth, not even when it adopted secularism and became a member of NATO. This has had...

Daily Memo: A Japan-Russia Peace Treaty, a New EU Budget

Japan and Russia talk peace. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Russia has presented Japan with a conceptual framework for a World...

Europe Is Still Waiting for a Recovery Fund Breakthrough

Earlier this month, the European Commission released its midyear assessment of the state of European economies. The so-called summer interim report was a lot...

Daily Memo: Slow Trade Growth in Germany, Fallout From the Hong Kong Bill

Slow recovery in German trade. Germany’s Federal Statistical Office released new trade figures on Thursday showing initial signs of recovery. Exports increased by 9...

How Paraguay Gets By

Not all countries are created equal. Geopolitics revolves around power – its acquisition, maintenance and loss relative to other countries. How much power a...

Daily Memo: Arab Governments Look East, Scotland Pushes Back

Arab governments look east. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has confirmed that his country will host a summit between Arab nations and...

The Thucydides Trap and the Rise and Fall of Great Powers

Roughly 2,400 years ago, Thucydides, a Greek historian and author of “History of the Peloponnesian War,” expressed a view that resonates in strategic thinking to...
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