The Daily BriefPublished on EGF: 18.07.2018 Essential ReadingThe U.K. Hits a Chaotic Patch on the Road to Brexit — With about eight months to go before the British exit from the European Union, turmoil in the United Kingdom is delaying an agreement on the departure. Link Iraq's Water Crisis Gives the Public One More Reason to Protest — Along with a failing economy and a stalled political transition, water shortages are driving people to the streets in southern Iraq. Link Japan, EU: Tokyo Finalizes Its Free Trade Agreement With the Bloc — The deal, five years in the making, will drastically reduce trade barriers between the two parties — and increase competition for the United States on the global market. Link On GeopoliticsRemaining True to Our Mission — Our critique and identification of the implications of decisions by U.S. President Donald Trump is not bias; it is simply geopolitical analysis. Link
Stratfor GraphicConsidering the current disorder in the United Kingdom, several British politicians have suggested holding a second referendum on Brexit. Some argue that voters should be given the chance to decide whether they still want to leave the trade bloc. Theme of the Week: Echoes of the Cold WarFrom the battlefields of the Middle East to the borders of Eastern Europe, Russia and the United States are clashing once again. As a global power, Russia is a shadow of its former self, but that won’t stop Moscow from using every means at its disposal — its military, security services, financial tools, cultural ties, propaganda, political connections and cyber-capabilities — to defend itself from what it sees as Western encroachment on its border, on its borderlands, on its interests around the world. News You May Have MissedFor even more news, visit Stratfor's Situation Reports page.
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