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Daily Memo: Kyrgyzstan’s President Resigns, Kim’s Apology Tour Continues

Geopolitical Futures - October 15, 2020

Kyrgyz president resigns. With protests over the results of Oct. 4 parliamentary elections showing no sign of stopping, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov announced his decision to resign. The new prime minister, Sadyr Zhaparov, had repeatedly demanded Jeenbekov’s resignation. Russia, the major player in the region, said it would not provide financial support to the Kyrgyz […]

Daily Memo: Diplomacy in the Himalayas, Weapons for Taiwan

Geopolitical Futures - October 13, 2020

Editor’s Note: Astute readers will notice that today’s Daily Memo has a new look and feel. The alterations are meant to accommodate other content...

Daily Memo: Cambodia Slides Toward China

Geopolitical Futures - October 5, 2020

Cambodia accelerates its shift to China. Cambodia has demolished several U.S.-funded facilities at the strategically located Ream Naval Base, Cambodian Defense Minister Gen. Tea...

Daily Memo: Coalitions Take Shape

Geopolitical Futures - October 1, 2020

Stop fighting. That was the message to Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday from the presidents of France, Russia and the United States. Specifically, the...

Can China Still Export Its People’s War?

Phillip Orchard - September 28, 2020

Earlier this summer, as the Indian government scrambled to curry support both at home and abroad for its bare-knuckle standoff against China in the...

The Trouble With a Premature Vaccine

Alex Berezow - September 11, 2020

Hope is beginning to fade that the world will have a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine before the predicted “second wave” arrives that will...

Vaccine Nationalism Is an Exaggerated Threat

Alex Berezow - August 12, 2020

Nationalism is all the rage these days. Following decades of globalization, the pendulum has begun to swing back the other direction, triggering fears that...

Daily Memo: Russian Constitutional Reforms, Korean Compromises

Geopolitical Futures - July 2, 2020

Russian reforms. In a seven-day referendum that ended on Wednesday, 77.9 percent of Russians voted to approve more than 200 amendments to the constitution,...

Will the Coronavirus Forge a Brave New World?

Alex Berezow - June 24, 2020

Of all the major geopolitical players on the planet, Mother Nature may be the toughest adversary. Nature has neither imperatives nor constraints to guide...

China Threatens Australia Because That’s All It Can Do

Phillip Orchard - June 10, 2020

As cases of COVID-19 resurge elsewhere in the world, it’s worth remembering that Australia whipped the coronavirus into submission with relative ease, reducing the...

Daily Memo: An Anniversary of Political Unrest

Geopolitical Futures - June 4, 2020

31 years after Tiananmen Square. Thursday is the 31st anniversary of the deadly crackdown in Tiananmen Square, when the military opened fire on thousands...