Global Scans · Relinquishment · Weekly Summary

• [New] There are a number of things wrong with India's counter-insurgency strategy - foremost being poor leadership by Indian Police Service carpetbaggers who know squat about counterinsurgency operations and yet will not relinquish control of the paramilitary forces. Raksha-Anirveda
• The threat of regime change could incentivise Putin to use nuclear weapons to signal that he would rather resort to extreme measures than relinquish power. / Russia Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• Mainstream Israeli readiness to take risks for peace in the West Bank has been inexorably weakened by decades of relentless terrorism and by the evidence, from Gaza and southern Lebanon, that relinquishing adjacent territory simply creates a vacuum that terrorist regimes rush to fill. The Times of Israel
• Genuine risk is relinquishing the first-mover edge to international competitors as the regulatory landscape for the coming century takes shape. Forbes
• Caution is warranted: control over the Strait of Hormuz remains Tehran's main bargaining chip, and it is difficult to expect Iran to relinquish it before securing concessions on the nuclear issue. XTB.com
• Local stablecoins could help Latin Americans modernize currencies without relinquishing monetary sovereignty - an observation that points toward the next phase of development: local-currency stablecoins beyond the dollar. The Rio Times
• Other limits on Ukrainian military powers, such as the relinquishment of long-range weapons or limits on other categories of armaments or military capabilities, that do not constrain the total number of personnel in Ukraine's armed forces, will not qualify. Polymarket
• Alarmed by instability along its border and disruptions to trade and infrastructure projects, Beijing pressured ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State to halt their offensive and relinquish territory under agreements it brokered and monitored. / China Friedrich Naumann Foundation
• At some point, Guyana will be auctioning more oil blocks for a second round as blocks are relinquished. DPI Guyana
• While Hamas has announced it is willing to hand over governance in Gaza to a technocratic administration, it has not said it will relinquish its weapons.
• China is betting that the Myanmar military will not relinquish power. Radio Free Asia

Last updated: 22 June 2026