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India Rising

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 punched well below its weight in international affairs. It is the seventh-largest country in the world by area and has the second-largest population, with nearly 1.38 billion inhabitants. Considering its younger […]

Daily Memo: IMF Warnings, Japanese Defenses

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

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?

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

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

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

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

For Russia, the Future Is North

Stabilizing its Arctic regions is becoming a priority for Moscow.

Daily Memo: China Tightens Its Belt and Road

Beijing tightens its Belt and Road. China on Friday admitted that nearly a fifth of its BRI projects have been "seriously affected” by the...

Why the Himalayas Are Worth Fighting For

It says quite a bit about the sheer improbability of a major China-India war in the Himalayas that this week’s deadly clash in the...

Turkey and Iran’s Entente in Iraq

Earlier this week, there appeared to be a thaw in tensions between Iran and Turkey. After months of tense exchanges, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad...

Daily Memo: Russia’s Regional Budgets, US-UK Trade

Russian government revenue falls. According to a study by the HSE Center of Development Institute, revenues for Russia’s regions fell on average by 30...
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