OE Watch, Vol 08, Issue 06, Jun 2018 (Mobile Edition)

MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA
3 Regional Friction Over Yemen’s Socotra Island
5 Is Iran Ready to Send Its Navy to Japan?
6 Iran Unveils New Unmanned Helicopter
7 Iran, Russia to Jointly Manufacture Helicopter
8 Russia and Iran Compete for Syria’s Phosphates
9 Turkey’s Upcoming Challenge on the Syrian Border
10 Tensions Between Anti-ISIS Allies in the Euphrates Valley
12 Iranianian Influence and Assassinations in the Kurdistan
Regional Government
13 A New Insurgency Group in Iraq: The White Flags
14 Turkish Armed Forces Hold the Ephesus 2018 Joined
Combined Live Fire Event

AFRICA
16 A Perspective on the UAE Base in the Horn of Africa
17 Ethiopia’s Somaliland Port Deal: a Step Towards the
Balkanization of Somalia?
18 Somalia and Somaliland Talks: Marriage or Divorce?
19 Somali National Army: Donors Demand Less Corruption,
Stronger Force
20 Ugandan Soldiers “Stranded” in Somalia
21 Herders and Farmers Clash in the Sahel with Increasing
Frequency and Firepower

22 De-radicalization in Niger’s Diffa Region
23 Terror Tactics in Burkina Faso
24 Nigeria’s Boko Haram Dilemma: Amnesty for Atrocities?
25 From Students to Separatists in Cameroon

LATIN AMERICA
26 Examining Receita Federal’s Role in the Border
Security of Brazil
27 The Evolution of Brazil’s Defense Industry
28 How the Fragmentation of Drug Cartels Drives
Violence in Mexico
29 Three In One FARC
30 Colombian Military in Disarray?
31 ELN Flexing
32 About Catatumbo
33 Bolivarian Oil
34 Venezuela as a Major Topic of Discussion at VIII
Summit of the Americas Despite Its Absence
35 Nicaragua’s Turn

INDO-PACIFIC
36 Singapore’s Anti-Terror Maritime Methods
37 The Modernization of Malaysia’s Armed Forces is Underway
38 India Looks at China’s Expansion in the Indian Ocean
39 Indonesia Steps up Military Presence in the Natuna Islands
40 Is China Changing the Game in Trans-Polar Shipping?

41 China Develops New Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
42 The Y-20 Participates in Airborne Training for the First Time
43 Civil-Military Fusion and the PLA’s Pursuit of Dominance in Emerging Technologies
45 The Indian Government’s Efforts to Avoid Another Doklam Standoff
47 Incidents in Indonesia Highlight Terrorism Trends

EURASIA
48 The Russian Navy: Distributed Lethality Through Modularity
51 Beating Virtual War Drums
52 The Naval Infantry’s New Ride?
53 Defending the New Kerch Strait Bridge
54 “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”
55 The One Time in the Year We Get Bananas
55 Good Job For a Drifter-Must Enjoy Bracing Climes
56 Russian Robots on Parade
57 UAV Use in the Russian Armed Forces
59 Russian Praise of Syrian Air Defense
60 Russia Wants SCO Help in Syria
61 No End in Sight for Donbas Conflict
63 Russian Operational Reserve Developments
65 Investments in Kazakhstan’s Space Agency
67 The Outlook on Armenia’s Military Reforms
 

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Africa
Robert Feldman
Jacob Zenn
 
Latin America
Dodge Billingsley
Geoff Demarest
Brenda Fiegel

Indo-Pacific                    
Cindy Hurst
Lorand Laskai
Matt Schrader
Matthew Stein
Peter Wood
Jacob Zenn