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U.S. Adversaries’ Trilateral Naval Exercises Reflect Convenience, Not Convergence

By Kevin O'Connell | 07/02/2025 | Comments Off on U.S. Adversaries’ Trilateral Naval Exercises Reflect Convenience, Not Convergence

This paper is the first in a new series that assesses the contours of the emerging alliance of the United…

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Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER and China

By Kevin O'Connell | 06/30/2025 | Comments Off on Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER and China

U.S. GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator

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OE Watch Issue 2 2025

OE Watch Issue 2 2025

By Kevin O'Connell | 06/05/2025 | Comments Off on OE Watch Issue 2 2025

The OE Watch provides translated selections with background from a diverse range of foreign media that our analysts and expert…

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Legacy Articles On Iran

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/31/2024 | Comments Off on Legacy Articles On Iran
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Winter 01 N509FZ

Key Arab Countries Join Chinese-Led Regional Body as Dialogue Partners

By Dianne McIntosh | 06/01/2023 | Comments Off on Key Arab Countries Join Chinese-Led Regional Body as Dialogue Partners

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretariat (2022). “… The group’s expansion, however, should not be interpreted as meant to pose a challenge…

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Kazakhstan Suspends Defense Exports, Denying Russia Purchases

By Denise Judd | 10/01/2022 | Comments Off on Kazakhstan Suspends Defense Exports, Denying Russia Purchases

President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, following Russia-Kazakhstan talks in Sochi, Russia. The export of…

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Iran Wants Sukhoi-35 Fighters From Russia

By Denise Judd | 10/01/2022 | Comments Off on Iran Wants Sukhoi-35 Fighters From Russia

Russian Sukhoi-35 at the 2015 MAKS Airshow. We hope to get these fourth-generation fighters in the future. Recent reporting suggests…

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Iran Intercepts Crystal Meth Shipment From Afghanistan

By Denise Judd | 10/01/2022 | Comments Off on Iran Intercepts Crystal Meth Shipment From Afghanistan

Customs officials discover 500 kilograms of crystal meth in a truck crossing from Afghanistan. The discovery of a 500 kg…

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Winter 01 Aleksandr Dugin

The Appeal of “Duginism” in the Middle East

By Denise Judd | 10/01/2022 | Comments Off on The Appeal of “Duginism” in the Middle East

Aleksandr Dugin, at the Civilizations of the Eurasian Area meeting on February 26, 2018 at the Faculty of World Studies,…

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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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