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OE Watch Issue 6 2023

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/26/2025 |

China Eyes Opportunity To Expand “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” With Mexico Iran Ready To Help Syria Rebuild Its Defense Infrastructure Russian…

OE Watch Issue 4 2023

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/26/2025 |

Colombia’s “Total Peace” Negotiations Face New Hurdles China Developing Ultra-Low Earth Orbit Satellites With Possible Military Applications Iran Unveils Updated…

Arabic-Language Media Divided on Hezbollah’s Future

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/15/2025 | Comments Off on Arabic-Language Media Divided on Hezbollah’s Future

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah during a discussion with officials from supreme leader of Iran Ali Khamenei’s office, circa 2019.…

Nigerian Senator Proposes Employment of Private Military Companies Against Boko Haram

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/15/2025 | Comments Off on Nigerian Senator Proposes Employment of Private Military Companies Against Boko Haram

Despite being pushed from its core territories in northeastern Nigeria in 2015 by the Nigerian and neighboring armies and South…

Chadian President Threatens Withdrawal From Multinational Joint Task Force

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/15/2025 | Comments Off on Chadian President Threatens Withdrawal From Multinational Joint Task Force

Chadian president Mahamat Idris Deby Itno is threatening to withdraw from the MNJTF and conduct counter-terrorism operations against Boko Haram…

OE Watch Issue 1 2025

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/10/2025 | Comments Off on OE Watch Issue 1 2025

Articles in this release include: Damage to Undersea Cables in Baltic Hint at China – Russia Collusion China Unveils New…

Mexico’s Sheinbaum Launches Plan To Address Security Crisis

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/22/2025 | Comments Off on Mexico’s Sheinbaum Launches Plan To Address Security Crisis

Journalists protest rising violence in Mexico. “During López Obrador’s six-year term, crime claimed a record number of more than 190,000…

Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counter-Terrorism Role

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/22/2025 | Comments Off on Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counter-Terrorism Role

Togo’s Savanes Region is JNIM’s latest area of expansion, but it remains unclear whether Turkish PMCs can support the Togolese…

Drone Warfare Is Becoming a Common Tactic in Mali

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/07/2024 | Comments Off on Drone Warfare Is Becoming a Common Tactic in Mali

A Turkish-manufactured Bayraktar TB2 UAV on the runway. “The use of drones by the CSP rebels, if it were to…

Cartel Internecine Warfare Erupts in the State of Sinaloa

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/07/2024 | Comments Off on Cartel Internecine Warfare Erupts in the State of Sinaloa

Mugshot of Sinaloa Cartel leader, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, one of the most wanted men in the world, extradited…