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A Sea Skewed in China's Favor

Japan may soon have a harder time stopping China from pushing its territorial bounds eastward in the East China Sea. Read more…

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Scott Stewart on Hacking vs. the Insider Threat

Stratfor VP of Tactical Analysis Scott Stewart tells Barron's magazine that the harder a company builds up its cyberdefenses, the more its staff become targets of corporate espionage.

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Between the Occasional Calms of Democracy

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The Disappointment of Democracy

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Al Qaeda Quietly Maintains Its Relevance

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Congo: Grenade Kills 2, Injures Dozens In Eastern Province

A grenade exploded Nov. 8 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern province of North Kivu, killing 2 people and injuring dozens of others, Governor Julien Paluku said, AP reported. Read more…

Niger: Gunmen Raid Village Near Border With Mali

Dozens of gunmen raided the village of Banigabou in Niger near the border with Mali early on Nov. 8, killing five soldiers and injuring four others, Niger's Foreign Ministry said, Reuters reported. Read more…

Zimbabwe: Sell-Offs Hit Stock Exchange As Government Prepares Bond Notes

Zimbabwe's stock exchange was hit by record sell-offs in the 10 months leading up to November, with net outflows topping $56 million, the Financial Gazette reported Nov. 8. Read more…

Ethiopia: Government Lifts Travel Restrictions For Foreign Diplomats

Ethiopia's government lifted travel restrictions for foreign diplomats Nov. 8, Minister of Defense Siraj Fegessa said, Africanews reported. Read more…

Hungary: Parliament Rejects Prime Minister's Refugee Block

Hungary's parliament rejected Nov. 8 a bill championed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban that would block the resettlement of refugees in Hungary by European authorities, BBC reported. Read more…

Germany: 5 Arrested For Links To Islamic State

German authorities arrested five people in northern and western Germany for having links to the Islamic State, including a prominent Iraqi preacher, BBC reported Nov. 8. Read more…

Nicaragua: President Daniel Ortega Wins Third Term

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has won a third consecutive term in office, BBC reported Nov. 7. Read more…

Philippines: Key Military Deal With U.S. To Be Implemented, War Games To Continue

Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Nov. 7 that annual war games between the U.S. and Philippine militaries will continue, and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) — a key military cooperation agreement giving U.S. forces rotational access to certain Philippine bases — will be implemented, Rappler reported. Read more…

China: Finance, State Security Ministers Replaced

China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, named new finance and state security ministers on Nov. 7, Xinhua reported. Read more…

Hong Kong: Beijing Bars Pro-Independence Lawmakers From Taking Office

Beijing’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, released a ruling on Hong Kong’s Basic Law on Nov. 7 effectively saying that any official who does not swear allegiance to the Chinese government cannot take office, Xinhua and the South China Morning Post reported. Read more…

Bulgaria: Socialist Party Ally Wins Presidential Election First Round, Exit Polls Show

Rumen Radev, an ally of the opposition Socialist party, narrowly won the first round of the presidential election in Bulgaria on Nov. 6, exit polls showed, Reuters reported. Read more…

Turkey: Pro-Kurdish Opposition Party To Boycott Parliament

Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has vowed to halt all activity in the country's Parliament after its joint leaders were arrested, BBC reported Nov. 6. Read more…

Syria: U.S.-Backed Kurdish, Arab Coalition Announces Raqqa Operation

A U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab force said Nov. 6 it is starting an operation to capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's stronghold in Syria, BBC reported. Read more…

Turkey: European Commissioner Blames Ankara For Migrant Deal Tensions

European Commissioner Jean-Claude Juncker said Nov. 5 that if a June 2016 EU-Turkey deal on stemming migrant flows fails, Ankara would be to blame, Reuters reported. Read more…

Iran, Poland: Companies Sign Deal To Cooperate On Sumar Oil Field

Polish state-run oil and natural gas company PGNiG SA signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 5 with the National Iranian Oil Company for cooperation in Iran's Sumar oil field, Fars News agency reported. Read more…

Hong Kong: Chinese Lawmakers Weigh In On Pro-Independence Controversy

Two senior members of China's National People's Congress weighed in on the ongoing standoff over two pro-independence Hong Kong lawmakers, saying on China Central TV on Nov. 5 that the Hong Kong legislators were a threat to sovereignty and undermined rule of law, Reuters reports. Read more…

Turkey: More Pro-Kurdish Lawmakers, Opposition Journalists Detained

The co-chair of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas, has been taken to a maximum security prison in Edirne, New York Times reported Nov. 5. His counterpart, Figen Yuksekdag, is now at a prison in Kocaeli. Read more…

South Korea: Protesters Call For President To Resign

Protesters gathered at Gwanghwamun square in Seoul on Nov. 5 to call for the resignation of President Park Geun Hye , BBC reported. Read more…

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