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Daily Memo: US Sanctions Meet Chinese and Russian Expansion

Washington is mulling sanctions to stop China’s new security law for Hong Kong as well as Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

European Reconstruction: A Project Born of Uncertainty

The Franco-German proposal for a recovery fund sends a message of political realism.

Daily Memo: China’s Currency and Warnings to Washington

China has been gradually weakening its currency against the dollar.

Israel and the New American Strategy

The drawdown of U.S. forces in the Middle East, about which we have written a few times now, is already empowering the countries that...

The Politics of Space

The first installment in a four-part series exploring the competition over outer space.

Daily Memo: Mounting Tensions in the Eastern Med

Turkey and Greece are feuding over a nuclear power plant in southern Turkey.

Daily Memo: Ukraine Intrigue and Cross-Strait Relations

Military buildups are taking places even as Ukraine’s president preaches diplomacy.

Russia’s Choice: Its Buffer Zone or Its Economy

The coronavirus slowdown is forcing the Kremlin to confront decisions about its gas sales sooner than it had hoped.

Daily Memo: Funding a European Recovery

The most recent breakthrough is just a first step.

Why Venezuela’s Maduro Isn’t Worse Off Than He Is

The past few months have been a nightmare for economies that rely on oil. After the coronavirus pandemic sent prices plummeting, finance ministries had...

Daily Memo: Huawei on Life Support?

Non-U.S. chipmakers may need to apply for a license before shipping microchips to Chinese firms.

Back to the Future: China and the US

The COVID-19 disease, which seems likely to be with us for a long time, has done its part to define history. But it has...

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