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Daily Memo: Tensions Rise in Iraq, US-Philippines Relations Under Strain

January 27, 2020

Another attack has taken place in Baghdad’s Green Zone.

What Awaits Iran?

January 27, 2020

Shiite clerics have always played an active and essential role in Iranian public affairs. Safavid shahs (1501-1736) found them extremely useful in proselytizing Persians...

Daily Memo: Russia’s Mystery Bond Buyer, Coronavirus Quarantine Grows

January 24, 2020

More Chinese cities are under quarantine to contain the Wuhan virus, while Iraqi nationalists and pro-Iran proxies try to spread an anti-American fever.

Chinese New Year 2020: The Year of the Coronavirus

January 24, 2020

The biggest political and economic effects of pandemics come from public panic and panicked government responses, not the disease itself.

Daily Memo: Iranian Diplomacy, Controlling Syria, Stopping an Outbreak

January 23, 2020

Talks may soon begin between Tehran and Saudi Arabia, while Beijing tries to quarantine an entire city.

Daily Memo: Transatlantic Trade, Russian Food, EU Crisis Management

January 22, 2020

With deals final with China and North America, the Trump administration turns its attention to Europe.

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Ventures Into the Mediterranean

January 22, 2020

The fleet plays a key role in Russia’s Mediterranean strategy.

Daily Memo: Belarus Buys Oil, South Korea in the Middle East, Turkey and the Horn

January 21, 2020

Minsk has secured a shipment from Norway while Turkey tests waters outside Somalia.

Russia’s Puzzling Moves

January 21, 2020

Over the past few weeks, two odd things have happened in Russia. The first is that Russian President Vladimir Putin has restructured the government....