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June 2, 2025

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with U.S. President Donald Trump in May, hoping to reset relations and secure new trade and investment opportunities. Those hopes were quickly dashed as Trump instead made the meeting about the supposed white genocide happening in South Africa. To be sure, there is no white genocide happening in South […]

Daily Memo: US on Gaza Ceasefire and NATO Expansion

May 30, 2025

Plan for Gaza. The Times of Israel published a proposal, submitted by U.S. special envoy Steven Witkoff, for a ceasefire in Gaza and a...

In China, Billionaires Return to Favor – on the Party’s Terms

May 30, 2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended an olive branch to the country’s wealthiest private entrepreneurs after years of subjecting them to scrutiny and regulatory...

Daily Memo: Peace Proposals in Ukraine, Air Defense in India

May 29, 2025

Waiting on Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone on Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio about Moscow’s agenda for...

Postwar Security in Gaza

May 29, 2025

The situation in Gaza is so untenable that the fighting will soon have to come to an end. This means that whatever remains of...

Daily Memo: On U.S.-Iran and Russia-Ukraine Negotiations

May 28, 2025

Campaigning for a deal. During a call last week, U.S. President Donald Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to take actions that...

Daily Memo: China-EU Trade, Israeli Warnings

May 27, 2025

Rallying together. China and the European Union are stepping up talks on expanding bilateral trade amid the threat of more U.S. tariffs. High-level trade...

Germany Acts

May 27, 2025

Germany’s decision to deploy a permanent force of 5,000 soldiers to Lithuania is extremely significant because it signals the next phase of a new...

The Meaning of Memorial Day

May 26, 2025

Editor's note: To mark Memorial Day in the United States, we are republishing this article, originally published on May 28, 2019. I’m writing this on...

Daily Memo: Polish Elections, Nord Stream Developments

May 23, 2025

Tight race. A new poll indicates that Poland’s upcoming presidential runoff, set for June 1, will be a tight race. Among likely voters, 47...

Pakistan’s Crucial Role in China’s Military Strategy

May 23, 2025

Had India not conducted unprecedented airstrikes in Pakistan on May 7 – retaliation for a terrorist attack in Kashmir two weeks earlier – Chinese-made...