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OE Watch Issue # 09, 2023

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CHINA

People’s Liberation Army Promoting Battlefield Commander’s Initiative
By Kevin McCauley

Chinese Cognitive Operations Might Impact Taiwan’s Will To Resist
By Cindy Hurst

China Setting the Stage for Reunification
By Kevin McCauley

Chinese Icebreaker Sails To the Arctic
By Les Grau


RUSSIA

Russia Plans To Add Remote Mining UAV Platoons to Engineer Units
By Charles Bartles

Russian North Sea Fleet Deputy Commander Killed in Nagorno-Karabakh
By Dodge Billingsley

Russia Enlists Partners To Attack U.S. Dollar To Fund War in Ukraine
By Dodge Billingsley


IRAN

Iran Promoting Medical Tourism To Generate Hard Currency
By Michael Rubin

Iran’s Supreme Leader Accuses West of Ukraine War Conspiracy
By Michael Rubin


TERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

Presidential Candidate Assassination Shows New Depths of Ecuador’s Insecurity
By Ryan Berg

As Sahelian Jihadists Expand South, Côte d’Ivoire Stands as Model of Success
By Jason Warner

Niger Claims France and Other West African States Planning Military Intervention
By Jason Warner


GLOBAL OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Maduro, With Venezuelan Election Looming, Heads to China for Support
By Ryan Berg

Kazakhstan Draws on Lessons From War in Ukraine
By Matthew Stein

“Axis” of Military Regimes Strengthens in West Africa With Support From Russia
By Jason Warner

Russian Influence Fades in Southern Syria
By Lucas Winter

Nigerien Civilians Calm Despite Threat of Conflict With Benin
By Jacob Zenn


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