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May 16, 2024

Anyone attempting to do business with Iran runs the risk of U.S. sanctions. This was the U.S. State Department’s reply to the news on May 14 that Indian Ports Global Limited had signed a 10-year deal with the Port and Maritime Organization of Iran to operate the Shahid-Beheshti terminal at Iran’s Chabahar port. The agreement, […]

Daily Memo: Plans for Postwar Gaza, British Naval Power

May 15, 2024

Keeping peace. The United States is calling on Arab states to join a postwar peacekeeping force in Gaza, according to the Financial Times. Washington...

Meditations on the Mediterranean

May 15, 2024

Throughout history, the Mediterranean Sea has been Europe’s most important body of water, shaping its relationship with itself and with the rest of the...

Daily Memo: Israel-Turkey Tensions, India-Iran Port Deal

May 14, 2024

Israel and Turkey. Israel began returning its diplomats to Turkey earlier this month after withdrawing them last year for “security reasons,” the Middle East...

The Logic of Hungary

May 14, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about mass demonstrations in Budapest in which protesters expressed resentment against alleged financial corruption running...

Daily Memo: Red Sea Tensions, Russian Reshuffle

May 13, 2024

Iranian plans. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Yemeni Houthi rebels reportedly plan to attack military bases in Eritrea that supply the U.S....

Instability Drives Mauritania Toward the West

May 13, 2024

In late April, Malian troops supported by Russian mercenaries reportedly pursued separatist fighters into neighboring Mauritania. When the incident was over, according to local...

Daily Memo: Russia Strikes Kharkiv Region, Armenian and Azerbaijani Ministers Meet

May 10, 2024

Kharkiv assault. Russian forces launched a large assault on the border areas of the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine on Friday. The Ukrainian Defense...

China Signals Economic Policy Changes

May 10, 2024

Senior Chinese officials are signaling that Beijing will announce a significant adjustment in the country’s economic strategy in July during a key meeting of...

Daily Memo: Iran Shores Up Ties, Armenia Withdraws Funds From Russia-led Grouping

May 9, 2024

Iranian allies. The commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, reportedly visited Lebanon and Iraq in recent weeks. According to local reports, he was...