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Daily Memo: US-China Trade, Russian Metals

Another pause. The United States and China announced on Monday that they will extend exemptions on additional tariffs for another 90 days while they negotiate a longer-term arrangement. Set to take effect Tuesday, U.S. duties on Chinese goods were would have risen to 145 percent, while Chinese tariffs would have increased to 125 percent. U.S. […]

Indonesia’s Strategy in the Tariff War

After U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would impose tariffs on much of the world, Indonesia was among the first countries...

Daily Memo: Reactions to the Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Deal

Landmark deal. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday agreed to a landmark peace agreement brokered by the United...

The Thailand-Cambodia Border Dispute

(click to enlarge) The Thailand–Cambodia border dispute over the Preah Vihear temple has flown under the radar but its nonetheless geopolitically significant. It stems from...

Daily Memo: Developments in Israel and Lebanon

Closer to escalation. Israel’s security cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for defeating Hamas and ending the war. The proposal involves disarming...

What Tariffs Mean for Brazil

Brazil would seem an unlikely target for the Trump administration’s tariff wars. As the 15th largest trade partner of the United States, Brazil accounts...

Daily Memo: Armenian, Azerbaijani Leaders Eye Peace Deal

Settlement in sight. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are expected to sign a peace framework when they meet with...

Where India Fits Into New US Strategies

In its 2025 annual forecast, GPF wrote that the world no longer has an anchor around which to organize itself. Nowhere is this better...

Daily Memo: Hezbollah’s Disarmament, Russian Strikes on Ukraine

Security in Lebanon. The Lebanese army has asked the country’s army to develop a plan that will ensure state institutions are the only entities...

The Israeli-Druze Alliance of Necessity

Last month, clashes erupted between Druze militia groups and Sunni tribes in Syria’s southern province of Sweida. The enmity between the Druze and tribes...

Daily Memo: Russian Departures

Russia unbound. On Aug. 4, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Moscow no longer considers itself bound to the self-imposed restrictions regarding the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces...

Why the Israeli War Is Unsustainable

Israel has been fighting what’s become a multifront war for two years. And unlike its previous wars, there is no defined timeline, no geographic...

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