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Quarantine and the Supply Chain

The global medical community appears to have devised a strategy for mitigating the coronavirus that depends largely on quarantine, or limiting contact among the...

Daily Memo: The Cost of Coronavirus

The outbreak is taking a toll on the U.S. economy and galvanizing parts of Europe.

Is It Even Possible to Contain COVID-19?

The only viable option is mitigation.

Daily Memo: A US Counterstrike, EU Solidarity

The U.S. has struck back against Iran-backed militias in Iraq.

The Next Phase of China’s Fight with the Coronavirus

The virus' global spread may very well shut down the country’s most promising roads to a rapid recovery.

Daily Memo: Pandemic Pandemonium, Deadly Attack in Iraq

Responses to the coronavirus outbreak are bordering on panic.

The Implications of an Oil Price Crash for Russia

How prepared is the Russian economy for a major oil price slump?

Daily Memo: Saudi Arabia Presses Russia on Oil, Turkey Remains Firm on Border

Saudi Aramco prepares to increase oil production.

George Friedman’s Thoughts: Compromising on Corona

Battling the coronavirus is essential. But the battle has costs, which are invariably measured against the gain. “No matter what the cost” – the...

Daily Memo: Containment in China, Oil Slump Fallout

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak began.

Oil Prices

Since before World War I and throughout the 1970s, the people who controlled oil had a lever for controlling others. Since the 1980s, the...

Daily Memo: Oil Prices Plunge, Coronavirus in North Korea

Several countries are dealing with the fallout of the plunge in oil prices over the weekend.

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