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CHINA'S MINI TAIPEI AT ZHURIHE: LONG-TERM MILITARY PREPARATION AND THE SHORT-TERM GAP BETWEEN COERCIVE SIGNALING AND INVASION RISK

Martina Elena Nitti, Cristiana Harless, Kendall McElwee, Martina Guerrero, OSINT-RDT Team Alessandro Portolano, Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor June 21, 2026 Mini-Taipei Site in Inner Mongolia, China[1] Key judgments China’s development of a large-scale training site resembling key sites in Taipei likely signals continued coercive pressure and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s preparation for potential military operations against Taiwan. Recent satellite imagery reve

WEST SHORE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE OPENS INVESTIGATIONS INTO CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES LINKED TO 764, AND HANDALA LEVERAGES ALLEGED FBI SURVEILLANCE ACCESS TO THREATEN WORLD CUP PARTICIPANTS

June 12-18, 2026 | Issue 23 - NORTHCOM Team Michela Sereno, Julia Ruiz Redel, Dominic Perfetti, Sharon Preci, Matthew George, Noah Clarke, Aristide Devevey, Jacob Robison Khushi Salian, Embedded Editor; Alessandro Portolano, Junior Editor; Clémence Van Damme, Senior Editor Social Media Network[1] Date: June 10, 2026 Location: West Shore, British Columbia Province, Canada Parties involved: Canada; West Shore Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); law enforcement; online

IMMINENT WARNING: CREDIBLE THREATS PROMPT SEATTLE TO LINK CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) TO REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER (RTCC) FOR THE WORLD CUP

Giovanni Lamberti, Cora Jordan, Alexandra Valdez, Blaise Liess, Maxime De Crop, Bhavya Jain, Amelia Bell Alessandro Portolano, Ben Gentemann, Jaydn Burgin Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor June 9, 2026 System Monitoring[1] Event: On June 5, 2026, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson publicly explained her decision to activate 22 CCTV cameras and connect them to Seattle’s Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) in Pioneer Square and the South of Downtown (SODO) neighborhood ahead of the

IN INDONESIA, THE WEST PAPUA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY KILLED EIGHT, AND IN AUSTRALIA, THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ANTISEMITISM AND SOCIAL COHESION CONDEMNED ONLINE HARASSMENT AGAINST JEWISH WITNESSES

May 21-27, 2026 | Issue 21 - PACOM Team Brendan Malcarne, Lucy Gibson, Nimaya Premachandra, PACOM Team Devendra Mahto, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Indonesian Jungle[1] Date: May 21, 2026 Location: Yakuhimo, Highland Papua Province, Indonesia Parties involved: Indonesia; Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI); TNI forces; TNI security officers; military officers; troops; victims; Indonesian Strategic Intelligence Agency; insurgent group West Papua National Li

FRENCH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATED WHETHER AN ISRAELI FIRM WAS INVOLVED IN AN INTERFERENCE CAMPAIGN AGAINST POLITICIANS, AND UKRAINE LAUNCHED A LARGE-SCALE STRIKE AGAINST TARGETS IN MOSCOW

May 14-20, 2026 | Issue 20 - EUCOM Team Sofia Vilas, Chiara Michieli, Fleur Van Gorp, Leon Kille Alexia Andrica, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Online Interference Campaign[1] Date: May 13, 2026 Location: France Parties involved: France; Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DGSI); Service for Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference (VIGINUM); far-left party La France Insoumise (LFI); centrist party Renaissance; center-left parties;

THE RESTORATION OF RYBKA GARRISON IN PETROZAVODSK: OPERATIONAL CHANGES AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR FINLAND AND NATO

Cristiana Harless, Ilias Tzanetoulakos, Lavinia Ansalone, OSINT-RDT Team Alessandro Portolano, Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor May 24, 2026 Rybka Garrison in Petrozavodsk, Russia[1] Key judgments The Russian government’s investment in rehabilitating Rybka Garrison in Petrozavodsk will likely indicate a broader operational shift in Russia’s deterrence strategy on NATO’s eastern flank. Recent satellite imagery reveals the reactivation of the base, including site clearing,

HEZBOLLAH EXPLOSIVE DRONE STRIKE INJURED THREE ISRAELIS AND UNIDENTIFIED DRONE HIT ELECTRICAL GENERATOR AT THE UAE BARAKAH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT STARTING A FIRE

May 14-20, 2026 | Issue 20 - CENTCOM Team Ludovica Leccese, Bhavya Jain, Antonio De Rosa, Insa Reblin, Amelia Bell, Cora Jordan, Maxime De Crop, Blaise Liess II, Alexandra Valdez, Mackenzie LaCombe Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor Drone Strike[1] Date: May 14, 2026 Location: Israel Parties involved: Israel; Israeli civilians; Israeli forces; Lebanon; Lebanese government; Lebanese Shia Islamist political party Hezbollah The event: Hezbollah’s explosive drone strike injured three c

MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES ARRESTED MIGRANT SMUGGLERS, AND IN AUSTRALIA, THE ONE NATION PARTY PROMISED TO STOP MASS MIGRATION

May 7-13, 2026 | Issue 19 - PACOM Brendan Malcarne, Lucy Gibson, PACOM Team Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Migrants at Sea[1] Date: May 7, 2026 Location: Telok Senangin, Pelak State, Malaysia Parties involved: Malaysia; Malaysian authorities; Parliament of Malaysia; Intelligence and Special Operations Division of the Immigration Department of Malaysia; Malaysian coast guard Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA); Perak Immigration Department; coastal immigration

THREAT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT: THE DEGRADATION OF COLOMBIAN JOURNALISTS’ OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTO NORMALIZED VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION WILL LIKELY ENABLE DISINFORMATION AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

Aristide Devevey, Christian Jackson, Dominic Perfetti, Julia Ruiz Redel, Matthew George, Michela Sereno, Noah Clarke, Sharon Preci, SOUTHCOM Team Ben Gentemann, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor May 13, 2026 Press Room[1] BLUF Perpetrators of journalistic violence in Colombia are increasingly able to operate with impunity as attacks become normalized in a hostile environment, leading to self-censorship among threatened journalists.[2] Pre

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