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Good information and recommendations as always. Three things I'd love to see, as a minimum in response to developments in Ukraine and Taiwan. We must take all restriction off of the weapons systems provided to Ukraine. Send a message to the PRC by having NATO and allied joint exercises starting to focus on convoy protection, and other measures needed to ensure Sea lanes remain open. Freeze all public and private assets belonging to North Koreans in western final institutions. I don't think further sanctions are worth the effort but this might hurt.

Separately, have you been watching the developments in the Horn of Africa. It looks like the chance of an active conflict is rising there. I am working on a piece for University on the tension between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and was struck by how the situation as deteriorated this year since Ethiopia made the deal for a port with Somaliland and Egypt allied herself with Somalia.

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