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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.

The Most Important Coronavirus Question

How dangerous is coronavirus to public health?

How the Energy World of Tomorrow Reshapes Geopolitics

The map of the world – in terms of its energy resources and energy security needs – is being redrawn.

Daily Memo: Idlib Talks, Chinese Stimulus, Coronavirus Fallout

The presidents of Turkey and Russia meet in Moscow to discuss the situation in Syria.

George Friedman’s Thoughts: The Next President Will Be Over 70

Perhaps the most important thing that has emerged in the presidential election campaign over the past few weeks is that the next president of...

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