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In Other News: India's Covid Crisis, Post-Brexit Complications & More – May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021 India’s current Covid crisis could become a global economic crisis if the situation continues to deteriorate. India is suffering from a staggering surge of Covid-19 cases with multiple variants of the virus in circulation across the country. According to the Indian Health Ministry, the country recorded 412,262 cases of Covid-19 in a...
In Other News: Russian Moves Against Opposition, Venezuela to Receive Humanitarian Aid & More – April 30, 2021
April 30, 2021 Russian authorities have suspended the activities of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s political organization the Anti-Corruption Foundation and is expected to label it extremist. This would put the organization in the same legal category as Al Qaeda and could portend prison sentences for its supporters. Many of Navalny’s aides and staff have...
In Other News: Russian Aggression, Cuba without the Castros & More – April 23, 2021
April 23, 2021 Russia appears to be seeking out a middle ground between overt aggression and plausible deniability in its western-facing foreign policy, likely in response to the U.S. ratcheting up the rhetoric around and response to Kremlin transgressions in the U.S., UK, and elsewhere. President Putin warned the U.S. and other Western countries in...
In Other News: Sanctions on Russia, Iran Nuclear Deal & More – April 16, 2021
April 16, 2021 The Biden Administration imposed a robust round of sanctions against Russia for a litany of transgressions, targeting 32 entities and individuals involved in disinformation, Russian interference in the 2020 presidential election, and Russia’s occupation of Crimea. The sanctions aim to stifle lending to the Russian government, barring U.S. financial institutions from the...
In Other News: Potential Lifting of Sanctions on Iran, China Flexing Maritime Muscle & More – April 9, 2021
April 9, 2021 The U.S. has announced that it is prepared to lift some sanctions on Iran in coordination with steps by Tehran to come back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal’s stipulations on uranium enrichment. The announcements are the result of bilateral communications, carried out via intermediaries, at meetings this week in Vienna...
In Other News: China's Lack of Transparency, Brazil's Bolsonaro & More – April 2, 2021
April 2, 2021 China’s refusal to provide earlier, more transparent access to data to World Health Organization investigators appears to be strengthening suspicions that Covid-19 was the result of a leak from a Chinese lab, rather than transmission from animal to human in a market, as both China and the WHO have asserted. The Director...
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Trump deploying US military against drug cartels will drag us into a forever war | Opinion
Eliminating the narcotics threat to our nation is a rightful priority for the Trump administration, but using U.S. troops to prosecute the drug war is the wrong tact and with far-reaching consequences. This war will not end in a ceasefire. There will be no summits or working-level negotiations. It’s an insurgency, and the U.S. military must...
I was in the CIA. Here’s how helping Myanmar can pay off for US against China. | Opinion
The 7.7 earthquake that has killed thousands in Myanmar and Thailand has exacerbated vulnerabilities and resulted in a complex humanitarian crisis and an urgent need for international aid to provide emergency relief services. This natural disaster has also evoked debate on the value of international assistance, soft power, as a tool of foreign policy. The U.S.-led Marshall Plan in post-World War...
Spymaster’s Market Insights: Q&A with CIA Legend and TAG Intel Chairman Jack Devine
Jack, it’s great to sit down with a legendary CIA spymaster and get your nuanced take on the world. You had a 32-year career at CIA and, afterwards, spent the past 25 years advising leading executives and hedge funds on sensitive geopolitical, security, and due diligence matters. Why are you now launching TAG Intel, a...
Executive Protection
The recent murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson underscores the need for companies and noteworthy individuals to be proactive in their physical protection. The Arkin Group offers the following lessons to help our clients think about their protection strategies. TAG Executive Protection Memo
...Opinion: Trump or Harris? Whoever wins will lose wars without bipartisan consensus.
In the early days of the Cold War, Sen. Arthur Vandenberg sagely and famously declared that partisan politics must stop at the water’s edge. If there was any doubt that U.S. politicians no longer practice what Vandenberg preached, the past several weeks have provided ample proof. During the recent visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the two...
The Arkin Group Launches TAG Intel, Unlocking CIA-Level Geopolitical Intelligence for Wealth Management
By democratizing access to unbiased, non-partisan geopolitical information with TAG Intel, The Arkin Group turns intelligence into a catalyst for deeper trust within the wealth management community. NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Arkin Group (“TAG”)— a boutique strategic intelligence firm led by a former CIA leader Jack Devine— is proud to bring the wealth management industry intelligence...
