In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/21/world/asia/afghanistan-crops-opium-taliban.html
Afghanistan’s Opium Business Cranks Up as the Taliban Look the Other Way
https://www.wsj.com/articles/afghanistans-opium-business-cranks-up-as-the-taliban-look-the-other-way-11637491200
Turkey and Pakistan vying for influence in Afghanistan after Taliban’s takeover
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-pakistan-influence-afghanistan-taliban-takeover
Afghanistan fiasco shows US military encourages lapdog generals, retired colonel says: The Last 96
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/afghanistan-fiasco-shows-us-military-encourages-lapdog-generals-retired-colonel-says-last-96
India races to build strategic Zojila tunnel as standoff with China continues
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/india-races-build-strategic-zojila-110842653.html?guccounter=1
As Hopes for Nuclear Deal Fade, Iran Rebuilds and Risks Grow
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/21/us/politics/iran-nuclear-standoff.html
Hulata in Bahrain: ‘Nuclear Iran will destroy world non-proliferation regime’
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/hulata-in-bahrain-nuclear-iran-will-destroy-world-non-proliferation-regime-685595
Iran's Mahan Air says its has foiled a cyber attack - TV
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/irans-mahan-air-says-its-has-foiled-cyber-attack-tv-2021-11-21/
Iranian Hackers Are Going After US Critical Infrastructure
https://www.wired.com/story/iranian-hackers-going-after-us-critical-infrastructure/
Back from the Belarus border, Iraqis recount abuse, eye future with despair
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraq-migrants-return-belarus/2021/11/21/6ac15d26-4ad1-11ec-94ad-bd85017d58dc_story.html
Yemen 'confident' of holding key city of Marib, FM says
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211121-yemen-confident-of-holding-key-city-of-marib-fm-says
December Elections in Libya Risk a Return to Civil War
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/december-elections-libya-risk-return-civil-war-196702
An Unmanned Interdictor: Bayraktar TB2s Over Libya
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/11/an-unmanned-interdictor-bayraktar-tb2s.html
Turkey, Qatar save Turkish citizens held by Haftar forces in Libya
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/turkey-qatar-save-turkish-citizens-held-by-haftar-forces-in-libya/news
Sudan’s military reinstated the civilian prime minister. But post-coup turmoil could deepen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/21/sudan-military-coup-civilian-deal-hamdok-burhan/
New Imagery Suggests Continued Usage Of Surface-To-Air Missiles By Tigray Forces
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/11/new-imagery-suggests-continued-usage-of.html
Russia will invade Ukraine in new year, says Kiev’s chief of defense intelligence
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2021/11/22/Russia-will-invade-Ukraine-in-new-year-says-Kiev-s-chief-of-defense-intelligence
On Ukraine’s front lines, Europe’s forgotten war grinds on
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/11/21/photos-on-ukraines-front-lines-europes-forgotten-war-grinds-on
Putin Warns the West to Heed Russia’s Redlines in Donbass
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/putin-warns-west-heed-russia%E2%80%99s-redlines-donbass-196859
Why Russia’s New ‘Super’ Military Weapons Always Seem to Flop
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/11/why-russias-new-super-military-weapons-always-seem-to-flop/
Su-75: Is Russia’s New Stealth Fighter Actually Stealth?
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/11/su-75-is-russias-new-stealth-fighter-actually-stealth/
Is Georgia the Next Target of Russia's Black Sea Strategy?
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/georgia-next-target-russias-black-sea-strategy-196696
Poland: Belarus eyes using Afghan migrants as border pawns
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-poland-estonia-migration-europe-a2a3edb13b322dd1339dd9b0cb4a85f1
Poland: Size And Tripwires Matter
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htworld/articles/20211121.aspx
France Warns of ‘Grave Consequences’ If Russia Invades Ukraine
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-21/france-warns-of-grave-consequences-if-russia-invades-ukraine
How smaller doses of more powerful drugs allowed Mexican cartels to overwhelm Mexican police and flood the US
https://www.businessinsider.com/shift-to-fentanyl-allowed-cartels-overwhelm-police-and-flood-us-2021-11
China State Media Warns of 'Resorting to Military Means' Over Taiwan After Lithuania Tiff
https://www.newsweek.com/china-state-media-warns-resorting-military-means-over-taiwan-after-lithuania-tiff-1651712
China’s answer to Aukus alliance? More rhetoric, more intimidation tactics and more weapons
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3156858/chinas-answer-aukus-alliance-more-rhetoric-more-intimidation-tactics-and
China ‘fired missile from hypersonic weapon’ over South China Sea
https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/china-fired-missile-from-hypersonic-weapon-over-south-china-sea/news-story/1f59425888dcba5e2835115e1a4483bb
China warned Japan may intervene militarily if it invades Taiwan
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3156843/china-warned-japan-may-intervene-militarily-if-it-invades
Philippines set to resume resupply mission to South China Sea
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-set-resume-resupply-mission-south-china-sea-2021-11-21/
Heinrich joins transparency effort on UFOs
https://www.abqjournal.com/2448300/heinrich-joins-transparency-effort-on-ufos.html
CIA continues to conceal JFK assassination files. But here’s what we do know
https://news.yahoo.com/cia-continues-conceal-jfk-assassination-230950828.html
The US Military Is Getting Ready for Drone Wars
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/11/the-us-military-is-getting-ready-for-drone-wars/
NASA asteroid launch on Tuesday is a first step toward planetary defense
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2021/11/21/NASA-DART-asteroid-deflection-Didymos/5031637527261/
The US Navy Wants a Flying Submarine to Transport Special Forces
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/11/the-us-navy-wants-a-flying-submarine-to-transport-special-forces/
The Entire US Navy Submarine Fleet Is on Stand-Down. Here’s Why.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/11/the-entire-us-navy-submarine-fleet-is-on-stand-down-heres-why/
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