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OE Watch Issue # 10, 2024

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China

China Concludes Military Drills Near Taiwan
By Major Kevin Kusumoto

China Blurs Lines Between Military Drills and War
By Cindy Hurst

Taiwan’s Plan To Deter China With Submarines Faces Scrutiny
By Dodge Billingsley

China To Cement Strategic Relationship With Peru
By Ryan Berg


Russia

Russia Continues To Adapt Training, Incorporating Lessons From Ukraine
By Chuck Bartles

Russia Pledges To Boost Support Abroad and Criminalize Russophobia
By Lionel Beehner

Gabon Shadow Tanker Fleet Transports Sanctioned Russian Oil
By Les Grau

Russia Accused of Interference in Moldova and Georgian Elections
By Dodge Billingsley


Iran

Iran Revolutionary Guard Exaggerate Missile Success in Israel Attack
By Michael Rubin

Russia To Launch Two Satellites for Iran
By Michael Rubin

Iran Concerned About Electronic Devices After Hezbollah Communications Attacks
By Holly Dagres

Iran Conducts First-Ever Military Exercise With Oman
By Holly Dagres


North Korea

Kim Jong Un Speech Previews Military Action to Change Relationship With South Korea
By Anthony W. Holmes

North Korea Tacitly Acknowledges Its Troops Are in Ukraine
By Anthony W. Holmes


Terrorism and Transnational Crime

Mexico’s Sheinbaum Launches Plan To Address Security Crisis
By Ryan Berg

Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counter-Terrorism Role
By Jacob Zenn


Global Operational Environment

India’s UAV Development Struggles to Take Off
By Matthew Stein


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