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OE Watch Issue 6 2025

By Kevin O'Connell | 08/07/2025 | Comments Off on OE Watch Issue 6 2025

CHINA China’s Drone Industry Projected To Reach $140 Billion by 2030 China expects to be the first nation to achieve…

Iran Overview and & The 12 Day War

By Kevin O'Connell | 07/23/2025 | Comments Off on Iran Overview and & The 12 Day War

Iran Overview & The 12-Day War – discussing Iran’s recent history and lead up to war with Israel, potential U.S.…

Use of Subterranean Infrastructure in Contemporary Conflicts

By Kevin O'Connell | 07/22/2025 | Comments Off on Use of Subterranean Infrastructure in Contemporary Conflicts

Ongoing conflicts show how subterranean infrastructure is capable of delaying enemy forces and allowing tenacious defense of urban areas, while…

U.S. Adversaries’ Trilateral Naval Exercises Reflect Convenience, Not Convergence

By Kevin O'Connell | 07/02/2025 | Comments Off on U.S. Adversaries’ Trilateral Naval Exercises Reflect Convenience, Not Convergence

This paper is the first in a new series that assesses the contours of the emerging alliance of the United…

Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER and China

By Kevin O'Connell | 06/30/2025 | Comments Off on Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER and China

U.S. GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator

OE Watch Issue 2 2025

By Kevin O'Connell | 06/05/2025 | Comments Off on OE Watch Issue 2 2025

The OE Watch provides translated selections with background from a diverse range of foreign media that our analysts and expert…

Legacy Articles On Iran

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/31/2024 | Comments Off on Legacy Articles On Iran

Key Arab Countries Join Chinese-Led Regional Body as Dialogue Partners

By Dianne McIntosh | 06/01/2023 | Comments Off on Key Arab Countries Join Chinese-Led Regional Body as Dialogue Partners

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretariat (2022). “… The group’s expansion, however, should not be interpreted as meant to pose a challenge…

Kazakhstan Suspends Defense Exports, Denying Russia Purchases

By Kevin O'Connell | 10/01/2022 | Comments Off on Kazakhstan Suspends Defense Exports, Denying Russia Purchases

President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, following Russia-Kazakhstan talks in Sochi, Russia. The export of…

Iran Wants Sukhoi-35 Fighters From Russia

By Kevin O'Connell | 10/01/2022 | Comments Off on Iran Wants Sukhoi-35 Fighters From Russia

Russian Sukhoi-35 at the 2015 MAKS Airshow. We hope to get these fourth-generation fighters in the future. Recent reporting suggests…