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Russia-North Korea Relations: An Expanding Partnership – Analysis
By Andrew S. Bowen, Mark E. Manyin, and Mary Beth D. Nikitin Key Takeaways: A wartime alliance. Since 2022 Putin and Kim have met three times; a June 2024 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership...
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Reinventing Political Modernity: Morocco Beyond Neo-Tribalism – Analysis
Key Takeaways: Morocco votes on 23 September 2026 for 395 House seats: 15.8 million registered voters, 27 parties, 1,850 lists, 7,288 candidates; campaign 10–22 September. Chtatou: not only who wins,...
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Beyond Hormuz: How Saudi Arabia’s Oil-Route Redundancy Is Being Tested –...
Key Takeaways: Saudi Arabia built the East-West Pipeline in the Iran–Iraq War as redundancy past Hormuz, moving crude from the Eastern Province to Yanbu on the Red Sea. A 10 September drone...
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Tren De Aragua’s Expansion In Brazil: Criminal Adaptation, Strategic...
By Paolo Manzo Key Takeaways: Tren de Aragua, from Tocorón prison in the 2010s, is in Brazil and much of the Americas plus Europe. In Roraima it first preyed on migrants and joined local illicit...
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Despite Ukraine Advances North Of Lyman, Russia Maintains Initiative Across...
By Can Kasapoğlu Key Takeaways: Battlefield assessment. Ukraine’s 3rd Corps said Operation Vivaldi north of Lyman cleared about 29 square miles of Russian infiltration and took about four more,...
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America Has The Brain, China Has The Body: The Next US–China Tech War – Analysis
Key Takeaways: Washington is trying to block foreign—especially Chinese—advanced robots before they sit inside U.S. factories and ports. In July the FCC put them on its Covered List over surveillance,...
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Italy To Escort Its Own Ships Through The Red Sea Over Aspides Delays
By Pietro Guastamacchia (EurActiv) — Italy is considering using its naval assets already deployed under the EU’s Aspides mission to independently escort Italian merchant ships through the Bab...
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Yemen Conflict Intensifies, Reverberating Beyond The Region – Analysis
By Frud Bezhan Key Takeaways: Houthis now hold nearly all of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and Bab al-Mandab (~6% of seaborne oil). Riyadh shut the East-West pipeline after a drone strike it blamed on a...
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A Sri Lankan Think Tank’s Recommendations For A Comprehensive National...
Key Takeaways: The Colombo Pathfinder Foundation’s 2026 National Security Strategy is a consultative proposal, not enacted law. It lists terrorism, cyberattacks, irregular war, transnational crime,...
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EU President To Skip Serbia And Bosnia On Balkan Tour
By Katarina Baletic Key Takeaways: The Commission said Friday that Ursula von der Leyen will skip Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on her 30 Sept–2 Oct Western Balkans trip because of their coming...
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The Five Keys Of Global Shipping In The 21st Century – Analysis
By Luke Coffey Key Takeaways: Luke Coffey (Hudson) updates Fisher’s 1904 “five keys” (Singapore, the Cape, Alexandria, Gibraltar, Dover). None “belong to England” now. His 21st-century set: Malacca,...
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Yemeni Forces Battle Houthi Assaults On Strategic Heights Overlooking Bab...
By Saeed Al-Batati Key Takeaways: Fourth day of fighting Thursday around a mountain in Al-Madaribah Wa Al-Aarah overlooking Bab al-Mandab. An anonymous Yemeni official told Arab News Houthi assaults...
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When Safe Mode Is Not Enough For Autonomous Spacecraft – Analysis
Key Takeaways: Katalyst Space’s LINK launched in July to capture and boost NASA’s Swift observatory. Attitude-control trouble cut the job to rendezvous only; by early September it was 12–15 km from...
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U.S. DOJ Issues Subpoenas In Investigation Of Newsom’s International Travel
By Madeline Shannon and Chris Woodward (The Center Square) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office won’t release the subpoenas related to a federal investigation into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s international travel...
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Faulty AI Intelligence Nearly Ignited US-China Confrontation In Middle East –...
By Osama Ali Key Takeaways: CNN, citing four anonymous officials: U.S. intel early this year judged a Chinese ship in the Middle East to be carrying nuclear-bomb-related parts; forces prepped a...
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African Nations Join Maritime Alliance As Piracy Surges
Key Takeaways: Fourteen states signed the Multinational Maritime Defence Alliance in late July for the Bab el-Mandeb, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea (Horn states plus Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan,...
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B-2 Demonstrates New Maritime Strike Capability
Key Takeaways: At Valiant Shield’s June 2026 SINKEX north of the Marianas, a B-2 fired an AGM-158C LRASM (>200 nm range) and sank the decommissioned USS Juneau—first confirmed B-2/LRASM pairing...
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U.S. Creates Drone Czar To Maintain Warfighting Edge
Key Takeaways: A 29 June 2026 Hegseth memo creates a direct-reporting portfolio manager for unmanned systems (DRPM-UxS), under the deputy secretary of war, to develop, buy, field, sustain, and run...
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Venezuela: Reform Needed For Rights Progress, HRW Says
Key Takeaways: HRW’s first official Venezuela visit since 2008 met interim President Delcy Rodríguez after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026. Borello: overt repression has paused; it...
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Govt Urged To Stop Anti-Christian Attacks In India’s West Bengal
By Bijay Kumar Minj (UCA News) — An ecumenical Christian organization in India’s West Bengal state reported 26 alleged attacks targeting Christians, their churches and prayer gatherings over the past...
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