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Rubin 03 Iranian F 14 Fighter Jet

Iranian F-14 Crash Highlights Iran’s Need for New Fighter Contract

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iranian F-14 Crash Highlights Iran’s Need for New Fighter Contract

An Iranian F-14 Fighter Jet. Recent news of an Iranian F-14 crash reinforces the notion that Iran’s diminishing stable of…

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Rubin 02 The Iranian port of Chabahar has become a focal point of Sino Iranian trade

Iranian Trade With China Is Up, but So Is Political Risk

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iranian Trade With China Is Up, but So Is Political Risk

The Iranian port of Chabahar has become a focal point of Sino-Iranian trade. “China’s imports from Iran… grew by 26…

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Rubin 01 Inauguration of the second phase of the Shahid Ziyadian Treatment Center 1

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards To Expand Drug Treatment Center

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards To Expand Drug Treatment Center

Inauguration of the second phase of the Shahid Ziyadian Treatment Center, Tehran. “Sometimes it takes up to a year and…

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Gunduz 01 President of Israel Isaac Herzog and the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Iran Believes Turkey’s Rapprochement With Israel and Saudi Arabia Is a Threat

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iran Believes Turkey’s Rapprochement With Israel and Saudi Arabia Is a Threat

The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, and the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “This dual-track rapprochement, along with the…

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Winter 01 Houthi logo on a house in Yafaa Dhamar Yemen 1

Yemen’s Houthi Movement Continues To Recruit and Indoctrinate Child Combatants

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Yemen’s Houthi Movement Continues To Recruit and Indoctrinate Child Combatants

Houthi logo on a house in Yafaa-Dhamar, Yemen (2013). “…Observers attribute the Houthis’ frantic race to recruit children to a…

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Iván Márquez Survives Attack but FARC Dissidents Remain on the Run

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iván Márquez Survives Attack but FARC Dissidents Remain on the Run

Iván Márquez, one of the leaders of the FARC dissidents known as the Second Marquetalia. “Márquez ‘is being protected by…

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Berg 02 Mexican Police stand guard on the back of a truck in Mexico City

Mexican Criminal Organizations Poised To Dominate South America’s Illicit Economies 

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Mexican Criminal Organizations Poised To Dominate South America’s Illicit Economies 

Mexican Police stand guard on the back of a truck in Mexico City. “The Sinaloa Cartel’s tentacles stretch across almost…

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Vietnam Trains Cambodian Navy Amid Chinese Competition

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Vietnam Trains Cambodian Navy Amid Chinese Competition

Vietnam People’s Navy honor guard at ASEAN defense ministers meeting 2010-10-12. “The cooperation program in education and training between Cambodian…

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Stein 01 Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh

India Strengthens Security Cooperation With Vietnam

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on India Strengthens Security Cooperation With Vietnam

“The Indian military has the advantage of operating similar platforms to Vietnam’s.” India has taken several measures to counter China…

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Feldman 01 M23 rebels in the DRC

DRC Conflicts Reveal Difficulties in Deploying Regional Forces

By Denise Judd | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on DRC Conflicts Reveal Difficulties in Deploying Regional Forces

M23 rebels in the DRC. “But however noble President Kenyatta’s deployment proposal, not everyone in the DRC agrees with the…

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