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Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Thursday, 25 January 2024.  Why It Matters: Containerizing and generally making combat systems portable will allow the Navy to rapidly field the newest and most capable technologies and equip any ship with a flat deck with strike, area defense, and surveillance capabilities they would not normally have. This largely […]

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Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Wednesday, 24 January 2024.  Why It Matters: The major risk is that countries worldwide will lose confidence in both the U.S. as the leader of the global financial system and the dollar-based system if Western leaders transfer Russia’s frozen dollar reserves to Ukraine. This will accelerate […]

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Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Tuesday, 23 January 2024.  Why It Matters: The Philippines is trying to bring on another ASEAN member to the anti-China coalition. The Coast Guard cooperation is meant to show that any territorial disputes between parties in the South China Sea can be resolved as both the […]

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Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Monday 22 January 2024.  Why It Matters: Since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, both the dollar and euro’s share of global reserves has steadily fallen, but the euro has fallen faster than the dollar. This trend should continue throughout the decade as BRICS and other […]

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