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April 4, 2024

Iran has sworn that it will answer Israel’s recent airstrike on Tehran’s diplomatic compound in Syria, raising concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East. In reality, however, the feared regional war has been underway since last fall, driven by a strategic reordering that was decades in the making. Specifically, Iran has been expanding […]

Daily Memo: Syria-Iran Talks, Security Summit in Astana

April 3, 2024

Debrief. The presidents of Syria and Iran spoke by phone about Israel’s strike on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus earlier this week, Iranian news...

The Next Phase in the Ukraine War

April 3, 2024

Russia’s campaign to take over the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka represents a new phase in a conflict that has effectively reached a stalemate....

Daily Memo: Israel Bombs an Iranian Consulate

April 2, 2024

Consulate attack. On April 1, the Israeli air force struck an Iranian consulate in Damascus, where military advisers from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

Geopolitics and the Moon

April 2, 2024

The moon will soon totally eclipse the sun – an event rare enough to be measured in centuries. This is a suitable occasion, then,...

Daily Memo: Local Elections in Turkey, Laborers Flee Russia

April 1, 2024

Turkish elections. Turkey’s main opposition party is leading in mayoral races in the country’s three largest cities following nationwide local elections on Sunday. According...

Is Vietnam Facilitating US-North Korea Talks?

April 1, 2024

North Korea lies athwart the interests of the world’s most important geopolitical actors – namely, the United States, China and Russia. The government in...

Daily Memo: Biden on Arab Recognition of Israel

March 29, 2024

Gaza update. Speaking at a fundraiser in New York, U.S. President Joe Biden reportedly said Arab states were ready to fully recognize Israel as...

Our Trip to the Western Pacific

March 29, 2024

My wife and I are returning from a six-week trip spanning New Zealand, Australia and Japan. The trip’s purposes were both personal and work-related....

Daily Memo: Moscow’s North Korea Connections, Russia-Kazakhstan Deal on Oil Exports

March 28, 2024

Russia and North Korea. The director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, visited Pyongyang for talks with the North Korean minister of state...

Jihadists Exploit US Conflicts with Russia and Iran

March 28, 2024

Five years after losing the last stronghold of its defunct caliphate in the Levant, the Islamic State is making a comeback. The group’s center...

Daily Memo: Russia Blocks Kyrgyz Citizens, Azerbaijan on Armenia’s Foreign Relations

March 27, 2024

Raising concerns. Russia denied entry into the country to 40 Kyrgyz citizens, Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. The Central Asian country warned...

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