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In Germany, an Industrial Strategy in Disguise

At the end of October, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office reported that the economy flatlined in the third quarter of 2025. Growth for the year is expected to reach a meager 0.2 percent. Manufacturing sentiment is in the doldrums, exports continue to weaken and inflation, coupled with high borrowing costs, is squeezing consumers. Simply put, the […]

Daily Memo: Negotiations on Gaza, Weapons for Ukraine

U.S. plan. The United States has reportedly submitted a draft proposal to the U.N. Security Council on the establishment of an international stabilization force...

The UAE’s Quiet Militarization of the Red Sea

The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that comprises one side of the civil war in Sudan, recently took el-Fasher, the last important stronghold...

Daily Memo: US Revamp in Puerto Rico, Egyptian Mediation

Upgrade. The U.S. military is modernizing the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico, which the Navy closed more than 20 years ago,...

The Inevitability of Japan’s New Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi’s election as the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party’s first female leader was a historic yet politically logical outcome. The LDP’s two-round leadership system...

George Answers Your Questions: US-China Trade War

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: China Oct. 30, 2025 Question: In one of your videos you mentioned in passing that you suspect Trump's tariffs imposed...

US Strikes on Caribbean and Pacific Drug Trafficking

(click to enlarge) Since Sept. 2, the United States has widened its use of kinetic force against maritime drug routes in the Caribbean and eastern...

Daily Memo: US Posture in Europe, India’s Russian Oil Imports

Further withdrawal? The Trump administration has reportedly quietly signaled to European allies that it plans to reduce U.S. forces in Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia...

Trump, Xi, and Managing Rivalry

The United States faces an imperative to establish a workable modus vivendi with China. For now, China is a near-peer competitor of the U.S....

A Shift in the Nuclear Order?

Following a visit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Seoul had his approval to build a nuclear-powered...

Daily Memo: US-China Deal, Ukrainian Emigration

Progress. U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to reduce U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports during a meeting in South Korea with Chinese President Xi Jinping....

The 2020s and Its Historic Shift: China

In 1984, the Chinese economy achieved an astounding growth rate of 15 percent. It declined after that and varied over the subsequent years but...

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