OE Watch Issue # 10, 2022

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CHINA

New Chinese Aerial Refueling Aircraft Enters Service
By Peter Wood

China Debuts New Space Capabilities
By Peter Wood

China Develops World’s First Small Modular Reactor
By Cindy Hurst

PLA Cognitive Domain Operations: Considering Preemption and Hard Kill
By Kevin McCauley

PLA Education Reforms: Problems Remain After More Than 20 Years
By Kevin McCauley

Chinese Tracking Ship Raises Controversy in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port
By Cindy Hurst

India Works To Maintain Sri Lankan Foothold Amid Growing China Presence
By Matthew Stein


RUSSIA

Russia Builds New Armor Repair Facilities To Replenish Losses in Ukraine
By Ray Finch

Russia Claims Victory in Vostok 2022 Exercise
By Ray Finch

Russia Conducts Arctic Naval Maneuver and Propaganda Tour Along Northern Sea Route
By Les Grau

Russian Navy Weaponizes Shipping Containers
By Charles Bartles

Kazakhstan Suspends Defense Exports, Denying Russia Purchases
By Matthew Stein


IRAN

Iran Wants Sukhoi-35 Fighters From Russia
By Michael Rubi

Iran Intercepts Crystal Meth Shipment From Afghanistan
By Michael Rubin


TERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

Colombia’s Gustavo Petro Promises New Approach to Security and Drugs
By Ryan Berg

Coastal West African States Brace for Wave of Terrorism From the Sahel
By Jason Warner

Mali Claims France Funded Terrorists; France Denies
By Jason Warner


GLOBAL OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Colombia’s New Government Quickly Reestablishes Relations With Maduro’s Venezuela
By Ryan Berg

Turkish Lessons Learned From the War in Ukraine
By Karen Kaya

The Appeal of “Duginism” in the Middle East
By Lucas Winter

“Chronic Instability” Atop Algerian Military’s Foreign Intelligence and Security Directorate
By Lucas Winter