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Daily Memo: Russian Delegation Arrives in Damascus

First trip. A Russian delegation that includes the country’s deputy foreign minister and special envoy to Syria arrived in Damascus, the first official visit by Russian officials to the country since former leader Bashar Assad’s ouster in December. Relatedly, BBC reported last week that two Russian cargo ships under U.S. sanction were docked at the […]

New Hope for Lebanon

There’s a broad sense of optimism in Lebanon that the election of Joseph Aoun as president earlier this month could bring genuine change after...

Daily Memo: US-Colombia Agreement on Deportees, Ukraine’s Dire Warning

Crisis averted. After the U.S. imposed tariffs on all Colombian goods due to Bogota’s refusal to accept deported Colombian migrants on U.S. military aircraft,...

A Coming Showdown Between the US and Venezuela

Last week, two seemingly independent events – the declaration of a state of emergency by the government in Bogota and the United States’ planned...

Daily Memo: EU Divided Over Russian Gas

Hungarian request. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged the European Union to press Ukraine to resume transit of Russian natural gas, threatening to block...

2025 Forecast: China

After the 2010s – a period of exceptional economic growth – China entered a major downturn caused by the collapse of the country’s crucial...

Daily Memo: Russian Economic Indicators, Saudi Outreach to Washington

Russian industry. Russia’s production of certain iron and metal products declined markedly in the fourth quarter, the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, a major...

US Bargaining With China and Russia

With the arrival of the second Trump administration, great power competition is at an inflection point. Both Russia and China face internal crises that...

Daily Memo: Russia’s Presence in Syria, Transnistria’s Energy Crisis

Making changes. The new Syrian administration in Damascus has canceled a deal with a Russian company to manage the port of Tartus. All revenue...

American Naval Policy and China

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have...

Graphic Essay: Argentina’s Milei Races Against Time

Argentina’s economy has undergone dramatic changes since President Javier Milei took office over a year ago. His “shock therapy” reforms, aimed at addressing the...

Daily Memo: Russia-China Talks, Myanmar Ceasefire Deal

Debrief. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by video call on Tuesday. In the first 11 months of 2024, bilateral...
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