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The World in 2022

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see,” Winston Churchill once quipped. Predicating expectations of the future on an understanding of history is as important today as it was in his day. It forms the backbone of our World in 2022 analysis. But even Churchill wasn’t wise enough to foresee the […]

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Food Prices in Canada

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(click to enlarge) Canada is on a growing list of developed economies grappling with rising food prices. This year, the cost of food increased there...

Daily Memo: US to Cut Chinese Tariffs?

Tariff changes. A scaling back of U.S. tariffs on China may be in the offing. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said cutting tariffs on Chinese goods would help ease inflation pressure in the United States. U.S. businesses and consumers have borne the bulk of the costs of the tariffs, which haven’t done a […]

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Daily Memo: New EU Measures Against Belarus

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Targeting Belarus. The European Commission announced on Wednesday temporary new measures to toughen asylum processing rules on the Belarusian border. Poland, Latvia and Lithuania...

Daily Memo: New COVID Restrictions, Record Japanese Defense Spending

No rest for the weary. While the U.S. was shut down for the Thanksgiving holiday, much of the rest of the world started shutting down due to fears of the new omicron variant of COVID-19. Over the weekend, dozens of countries rushed to restore travel restrictions and other measures, despite it remaining unclear just how […]

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Russia’s Move

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Russia is not a trustful country – for good reason. Germany invaded it twice in the 20th century, France invaded it once in the...

Daily Memo: Protests Erupt in Europe, Deal Reached in Sudan

Anger boils over. Protests broke out across Europe over the weekend after governments announced new COVID-19 restrictions last week. In Vienna, roughly 40,000 people demonstrated against lockdown measures and a new mandate making vaccinations mandatory beginning in 2022. In Brussels, police clashed with protesters at a demonstration attended by 35,000 people, according to authorities. Violent […]

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Daily Memo: Philippines Accuses China of Blocking Its Ships

Chinese interference. Manila is accusing Beijing of sending three coast guard vessels to block Philippine supply ships from reaching Second Thomas Shoal, one of the few islets in the Spratly archipelago controlled by the Philippines. Philippine Foreign Secretary Teddy Locsin said the Chinese vessels used water cannons to force the Philippine ships, which were carrying […]

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Fertilizers and Food Insecurity

Next week is Thanksgiving, a U.S. holiday that celebrates, and is celebrated with, food. This year, however, Americans are reckoning with rising food prices. The news abounds with stories of long lines at food banks, poultry shortages and more-expensive-than-anticipated dairy products. High energy costs and transportation disruptions are fairly well documented too. Less attention has […]

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Daily Memo: Western Warnings for Ukraine

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Concerns over Russian troops. Ukraine’s Western allies have warned that Russia is massing troops on the Ukrainian border. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

Daily Memo: More on the Border Crisis in Europe

Border crisis. The situation at the Polish-Belarusian border is still tense. Last night, scores of immigrants tried to breach Poland’s border, at least according to the defense minister. And now the blame game has officially begun. Poland’s prime minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating the crisis at the border. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg […]

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The Fate of Northern Ireland

Tensions are rising again in Northern Ireland. Over the past week, pro-British gangs twice hijacked and torched buses in the Belfast area, and protesters clashed with police. Their actions called attention to anger with the so-called Northern Ireland protocol, a post-Brexit agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom governing trade on the island […]

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