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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

IN GUATEMALA, UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS KILLED A JOURNALIST IN A TARGETED ATTACK, AND A GROUP OF THIEVES IMPERSONATED ROADWORK PERSONNEL TO ACCESS CHILEAN SUBTERRANEAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND STEAL COPPER CABLES

April 30-May 6, 2026 | Issue 18 - SOUTHCOM Team Christian Jackson, Dominic Perfetti, Julia Ruiz Redel, Michela Sereno, Noah Clarke, Matthew George, Sharon Preci, Aristide Devevey, Jacob Robinson Ben Joshua Gentemann, Editor; Clémence Van Damme, Senior Editor Journalist Taking Photo with a Camera[1] Date: April 29, 2026 Location: San Cristobal Verapaz, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala Parties involved: Guatemala; government; state actors; media outlets; reporters; journa

THREAT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT: DUTCH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PRONE TO SOCIAL MEDIA DISINFORMATION ON THE HOLOCAUST. AI CONTENT LIKELY DEEPENS YOUNG GENERATIONS’ SUSCEPTIBILITY TO REVISIONIST NARRATIVES

Jaydn Burgin, Sofía Vilas, Chiara Michieli, Leon Kille, EUCOM Team Alexia Andrica, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor May 6, 2026 Youth and Social Media[1] BLUF Reliance on social media and AI-generated content is increasingly shifting Dutch students’ understanding of the Holocaust away from factual, classroom-based learning toward misinformation and fabricated historical narratives.[2] The Dutch educational environment previously relied o

ENGLAND AND FRANCE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO TACKLE CROSS-CHANNEL ILLEGAL MIGRATION, AND IN THE NETHERLANDS, UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS CUT DOWN BANNERS WELCOMING REFUGEES

April 23-29, 2026 | Issue 17 - EUCOM Team Nicola Bonsegna, Jaydn Burgin, Sofía Vilas, Fleur Van Gorp, Chiara Michieli Alexia Andrica, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Migrants at Sea[1] Date: April 23, 2026 Location: England and France Parties involved: UK; UK government; Starmer government; Home Office; center-left party Labour Party; conservative party Restore Britain; conservative party Reform UK; hardline anti-immigration parties; progressive political base;

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