Situation Reports

The Peruvian government launched a package of 402 measures to reduce bureaucracy, increase business efficiency and boost investment, Infobae reported March 31.

The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer instructed his Cabinet to prepare for imminent U.S. tariffs on British exports after last-minute negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump failed to secure an exemption, the Financial Times reported on April 1.

Russia's Arctic LNG 2 plant resumed flaring around March 30, which may indicate that the facility has resumed processing natural gas, though gas exports did not immediately resume, Reuters reported on April 1, citing satellite images published the same day. 

The Russian government ordered the conscription of 160,000 men by July 15, the highest target in 14 years, The Moscow Times reported on March 31.

Niger announced its withdrawal from the Multinational Joint Task Force, or MNJTF, a coalition established in 2015 to combat militant groups in the Lake Chad basin, Radio France Internationale reported on March 31.

Japan's Diet passed a 115.2 trillion yen ($767.7 billion) budget for 2025 on the last day of the 2024 fiscal year, The Asahi Shimbun reported on March 31.

Syria's provisional government announced a new transitional government that included minorities, former government officials, exiles and technocrats, The New York Times reported on March 30.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with his counterpart in Japan, pledging to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan and accelerate joint missile production while noting that "Japan is our indispensable partner in deterring communist Chinese military aggression," Reuters reported on March 30.

French far-right National Rally (RN) party leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of systematically embezzling EU funds by the Paris criminal court on March 31 and sentenced to four years in prison -- two of which are suspended -- alongside an immediate five-year ban from public office, Le Figaro reported the same day.

U.S. diplomats in Europe sent letters to some large EU companies warning them to comply with an executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this year that barred government contractors from having DEI programs, AP reported on March 31.