OE Watch Issue # 07, 2022

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CHINA

China To Reform Military Postgraduate Education
By Cindy Hurst

PLA Combining Battlefield and Classroom Education To Develop Quality Officers
By Kevin McCauley

PLA Using Cognitive Domain Operations To Achieve Political Aims
By Kevin McCauley

Taiwan’s “All-Out Defense” in Context of Aggressive PLA Exercise
By Peter Wood


RUSSIA

Russia Tests Palantin Electronic Warfare System in Ukraine
By Charles Bartles

Russia’s “Terminator” System in Ukraine To Inform Tactics
By Charles Bartles

Russian Orthodox Church Strengthening Support for Ukraine Invasion
By Ray Finch

Russia Building Literal and Figurative Bridges to China
By Ray Finch

Russia Revising Marine Doctrine To Use Civilian Ships for Military Purposes
By Les Grau


IRAN

Iran Unveils New Drone-Fired Cruise Missile
By Michael Rubin

Iran Opens New Drone Plant in Tajikistan
By Michael Rubin

Iran Warns UAE Against Allowing Israel in the Persian Gulf
By Michael Rubin


TERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

Murder of Paraguayan Prosecutor in Colombia Suggests Transnational Criminal Cooperation
By Ryan Berg

Somalia: Behind Al-Shabaab’s Success in Recruiting Children
By Robert Feldman

Al-Qaeda’s Sahel Affiliate Targets Togo
By Jacob Zenn

Indonesia Extends Counter-Drug Trafficking Cooperation to South America
By Jacob Zenn


GLOBAL OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Turkish Military Operation in Syria Risks Clash with Iran
By Ihsan Gunduz

Central Asian Forces Boosting UAV Capabilities
By Matthew Stein

Azerbaijan Balances Security Cooperation Between Turkey and Russia
By Matthew Stein

Algeria Inches Closer to Russia Amid Frosty Relations with Morocco and Spain
By Lucas Winter

UAV Technologies Proliferating in Yemen and Saudi Arabia
By Lucas Winter

Regional Coalitions Supersede the AU’s African Standby Force
By Robert Feldman

Venezuela’s Mystery Plane Shows Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America
By Ryan Berg