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FMSO: China OE Watch Articles from 2024 Issue #1
FMSO: China OE Watch Articles from 2024 Issue #1 China Celebrates New Turbofan Engine Design as Giving It a Strategic Advantage https://fmso.tradoc.army.mil/2024/china-celebrates-new-turbofan-engine-design-as-giving-it-a-strategic-advantage/ By Cindy Hurst Chinese and Vietnamese Leaders Meet Over Tensions in South China Sea https://fmso.tradoc.army.mil/2024/chinese-and-vietnamese-leaders-meet-over-tensions-in-south-china-sea/ By Alpha Ngo Chinese Media Defends PLA Navy in Maritime Dispute With the Philippines https://fmso.tradoc.army.mil/2024/chinese-media-defends-pla-navy-in-maritime-dispute-with-the-philippines/ By…
READ STORYGCKN: SOCIOCULTURAL RUNNING ESTIMATE – Belarus: New Strategy, New Threats, More Suppression
GCKN: SOCIOCULTURAL RUNNING ESTIMATE – Belarus: New Strategy, New Threats, More Suppression In This Running Estimate… In Russian popular perspectives, Putin’s popularity dropped two points to 83%, while support for the SMO steadied at 76% after a dip in November. Belief that the SMO is successful rose four points to 66% in November, with no…
READ STORYTRADOC: Driving Change in the Maneuver Force – Threats Over Time
TRADOC: Driving Change in the Maneuver Force – Threats Over Time (CAC Required) Slide presentation highlighting Russia’s evolving doctrine in the face of the Ukraine conflict and PLA lessons learned. Click here
READ STORYFMSO: Chinese-Tajikistani Security Cooperation Gaining Momentum
Chinese-Tajikistani Security Cooperation Gaining Momentum In November 2022, China and Tajikistan agreed to increase bilateral security cooperation. The agreement marked the latest in a series of efforts since 1996 to increase security and economic cooperation. The partnership advances Chinese interests in the Central Asian region and comes as Russia, Tajikistan’s main security partner, is not…
READ STORYRussia Addressing Missing Links in Kill Chain
by WO2 Blair Battersby, UK LNO to TRADOC G-2 Observations from the Russia-Ukraine War provide insight into Russia’s remedies to address critical gaps in its kill chain, providing the U.S Army with the opportunity to prepare for an optimized adversary during today’s training events. Russia has struggled to deliver dynamic, precision fires with the efficiency…
READ STORYOE Watch, Iss. 10, 2023
This OE Watch contains 21 foreign article reviews spanning over 20-25 different regions and countries covering various Operational Environment security topics from the foreign perspective for the US Army leader, development, training, and education community, as well as others in governmental, analytic, and academic communities. This issue can be downloaded at FMSO’s website: https://fmso.tradoc.army.mil, https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/fmso/,…
READ STORYFMSO: Military DIME (M-DIME) Research Project: Tracking Russian military influence in foreign states
What instruments does Russia use to attempt to gain military influence abroad? These reports use FMSO’s M-DIME Research Project framework to assess the extent to which Russia has leveraged twelve tools of national power between 2013 and 2023 to gain military influence abroad. In doing so, they assess Russia’s current overall military influence abroad, as…
READ STORYFMSO: Military DIME (M-DIME) Research Project: Tracking Chinese military influence in foreign states
What instruments does China use to attempt to gain military influence abroad? These reports use FMSO’s M-DIME Research Project framework to assess the extent to which China has leveraged twelve tools of national power between 2013 and 2023 to gain military influence abroad. In doing so, they assess China’s current overall military influence abroad, as…
READ STORYRussian Assault Groups’ Evolution in Ukraine
by WO2 Blair Battersby, UK LNO to TRADOC G-2 and Dorsel Boyer, TRADOC G-2 Analyst Russia’s approach to war in its so-called “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine has evolved over the past 21 months, suggesting ways in which U.S. Army OPFOR training can evolve to match. Russian forces have faced several organizational and doctrinal limitations…
READ STORYForeign Military Studies Office (FMSO): Instruments of Chinese Military Influence in Iran
“Instruments of Chinese Military Influence in Iran” (by Lucas Winter, Jason Warner, and Jemima Baar) assesses that China’s current military influence in Iran is high, and is expected to increase over the next three years. Some of the primary instruments that China uses to gain influence in Iran are: defense-related diplomacy; cooperation in military intelligence/communication;…
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