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LATIN AMERICA24 Colombia and Brazil Look for Solutions to Deal withMassive Venezuelan Migration25 Brazil’s Federal Government Open Border PolicyChallenges Frontier States26 Colombian-Venezuelan Border Ills27 Bolivarians Gain Influence over Colombian Resources29 Venezuelan Elections Worth Anything?30 Regarding the Colombian Elections31 Archbishop of Bogotá Confesses Left31 Peruvian President Resigns, Replaced32 Brazilians Send Former President to Jail33 Cuban Media Praises Putin’s Victory34 Criminal Organizations and the Use of EncryptedCommunication Devices in Latin America35 Private Jets as a Viable Option for Trans-Atlantic Cocaine Shipments36 The Price of Chinese Investment in Latin America
ASIA-PACIFIC37 China Lauds Its Model of Development Cooperation inAfrica38 PLA Dispatches First Military Medical Team toMozambique39 Retired PLA Lieutenant General Outlines Scenario inwhich China Could Take Taiwan by Force in Three Days41 China in Greenland: Mines, Science, and Nods toIndependence42 China Gaining Momentum in Quantum Technologies That Can be Used in Military Applications43 China is Beefing Up Its Intelligence Curriculum for MilitaryPersonnel
44 China Holds Naval Review in the South China Sea45 China’s Carrier Aviation Unit Improves Training46 Relocation in Southern Xinjiang: China Expands the Program47 Perspectives on the Future of Marawi48 Indonesia Brings Terrorists and Victims Together49 Thailand and Malaysia Build Border Wall
CAUCASUS, CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA50 India’s Red Line for China51 The Future of Indian-Russian Security Cooperation52 The Goals of the Tashkent Security Conference53 Armenia Gears Up for ‘Future Wars’54 Russian Military Police Deploy to Armenia
RUSSIA, UKRAINE, EUROPE55 Considering No-Fly Zones in Russian Military Science56 The Douhet Doctrine, Russian Style58 Gerasimov on Future War and Modernization Priorities60 The Kremlin’s Media Strategy61 Keeping Russian Troops Informed and Inspired62 Cleaning Up the Professional Ranks63 Additional Compensation for Remote Assignments64 Reasons for Caspian Flotilla Headquarters Relocation65 Chechen Special Troops Retake Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker in Exercise66 The Russian Yasen-M Class Submarines Examined68 Russian Robot Ships in the Arctic68 UAV Support for Military Mountaineering69 New Fuel Bladders for Improved Mobility70 Is Catalonia an Irregular Warfare Battleground?
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