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Iran Update, January 25, 2024

Key Takeaways: Iraq: The United States and the Iraqi federal government will soon begin negotiations on Iraq’s current security arrangement with US-led coalition forces, which could involve US forces withdrawing from Iraq. Iranian-backed Iraqi actors praised the US and Iraqi decision to begin negotiations about the status of US-led coalition …

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Monroe Doctrine: Two Centuries of Implacable Imperialism

Latin America must forge a path toward a future where self-determination and international cooperation prevail. Since its inception in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine has been the ideological manifestation guiding the United States’ foreign policy toward Latin America. Its intrinsic nature has served as an instrument of American expansion and domination …

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Germany’s Paralysis Holds Back Europe

Past German governments have relied on Russian gas and the U.S. security umbrella. With Putin’s war in Ukraine and the prospects of a Trump presidency, Berlin needs a strategic mindset to lead Europe. When the German economy was in full swing, the government of the day rarely matched its economic …

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Is Moldova Ready to Pay the Price of Reintegrating Transnistria?

Not only will reabsorbing the breakaway region be expensive and complicated, but Russia is unlikely to cede its influence without a fight.Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine initially sparked fear in Moldova. But when Moscow’s troops failed to reach the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria, anxiety gave way to confidence. Moldova …

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