🌎 Geopolitics 101: Iran’s chaos campaign ramps up

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• 👁️ China’s expanding intelligence operations,

• 🇮🇷 Extremist Islamists in Iran,

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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

🇨🇳 China is expanding its intelligence operations within the United States. A new U.S. government report has alleged that China is expanding operations that are designed to recruit or manipulate individuals to further the interests of the Communist Party. The activities include positive news coverage of China and the targeting of regime critics.

🇫🇮 Finland has passed a law allowing it to reject asylum seekers. The newly passed legislation, which some argue violates international laws, was enacted in response to a large amount of migrants entering Finland through Russia. Finland has accused Russia of sending migrants from the Middle East to destabilize their country.

🇺🇸 Chinese and Russian bombers patrolled Alaska’s airspace. This event marked the first time the two nations flew together in international airspace. While the flights did not take the U.S. by surprise, the closer relationship between Russia and China is seen as a concerning development by the Pentagon.

🇮🇳 Demographics may force Indian and Chinese cooperation. India is projected to have significantly more working individuals than China by the end of the 21st century, whereas China’s Asian population is set to decrease by over 50 percent. This could force the communist state to move closer to India and away from its ally, Pakistan.

🇵🇱 Poland failed to repeal the country’s abortion ban. The government was elected on a promise to repeal the strict ban on all elective abortions established by the previous populist-right government. The vote narrowly failed after some conservative members of the coalition broke ranks.

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