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DailySA: Russia-China launch joint military drills

Good morning. Here’s your Situational Awareness for Friday, 02 September 2022. RUSSIA-CHINA LAUNCH JOINT MILITARY DRILLS: Russia Launched its annual Vostok wargames across seven of its far east training centers and in the Sea of Japan. Defense ministry officials have said the drills include more than 50,000 troops and 5,000 weapon systems, including ships and […]

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DailySA: Japan, South Korea on track for probable nuclearization

Good morning. Here’s your Situational Awareness for Thursday, 01 September 2022. JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA ON TRACK FOR PROBABLE NUCLEARIZATION: In an interview with Singapore’s former permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bilahari Kausikan, The Straits Times reported Japan and South Korea are on track to become “reluctant” regional nuclear powers. According to Kausikan, […]

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DailySA: Iraqi unrest sparks curfew, suspension of government cabinet

IRAQI UNREST SPARKS CURFEW, SUSPENSION OF GOVERNMENT CABINET: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi instituted a curfew and suspended cabinet meetings following the storming of government buildings and the outbreak of widespread civil unrest led by the supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.  Sadr, possibly under pressure from Iran-backed political factions, unexpectedly announced his retirement from […]

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DailySA: Russian, Chinese, NATO expansion in the Arctic

U.S. WARSHIPS TRANSIT TAIWAN STRAITS: Two U.S. Navy warships transited the Taiwan Straits yesterday, the first since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in early August. The U.S. Navy said the cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam carried out a freedom of navigation demonstration through the straits, claimed now by China but considered international waters […]

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