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Today’s key assessments:

• ISRAEL. IRAN. Both sides seem unwilling to take direct conflict further.
• GEORGIA. A disputed election becomes a battle of Ivanishvili vs Zurabishvili.
• JAPAN. A vote against his party may end up serving the prime minister well.
• TAIWAN. CHINA. Beijing vows countermeasures for a new weapons sale.
• BOLIVIA. Morales blames the president for an attempted assassination.

Friday’s key assessments :

• UNITED STATES. Old tropes are used in the election’s final stages.
• POLAND. Warsaw says it will focus on the future, not on Berlin.
• ISRAEL. PALESTINE. Talks are back on, but the fighting doesn’t stop.
• HONG KONG. HSBC hedges its bets on global payments.
• NORTH KOREA. Signs of a deployment to Ukraine will worry China.

Thursday’s key assessments :

• TURKEY. A terror attack with a simple explanation.
• PORTUGAL. A rare race riot continues for a second night.
• GEORGIA. The pro-EU opposition is trailing in the polls.
• THE BRICS. A Western rival is yet to emerge, but it’s being built.?
• THE COMMONWEALTH. Colonial injustice dominates an increasingly marginal forum.

Wednesday’s key assessments :?

• BRITAIN. UNITED STATES. London may have the most to fear from Trump.
• FRANCE. The tractors are poised to return to the streets.
• THE RED SEA. Iran and Saudi Arabia mull joint drills near Yemen.
• TAIWAN. CHINA. Beijing ups the pressure on and off the sea.
• MPOX. A case reaches Germany as chaos continues in the DRC.

Tuesday’s key assessments :

• INDIA. CHINA. A pact on border disengagement opens a path to normalisation.
• RUSSIA. Not all emerging powers are keen to attend Putin’s meeting.
• TURKEY. Erdogan faces choices on his past and future.
• CUBA. Multiple power cuts put the regime in a rum situation.
• SUDAN. Things turn for the worse for the Rapid Support Forces.

Monday’s key assessments:

• MOLDOVA. A referendum on EU membership comes down to the wire.
• ISRAEL. IRAN. An intelligence breach may not be entirely unwelcome.
• MYANMAR. The junta is fighting on all fronts.
• BIODIVERSITY. The world discusses a treaty that transcends implementation.
• AIRLINES. Hoax bomb threats cause turbulence.

Warm regards

Damien Bruckard

CEO, Geopolitical Strategy