Analysis of several significant military and political development involving Russia, China, Iran and North Korea between December 6-13, 2025
Major events analyzed include:
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with the leaders of Indonesia, Venezuela, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey this week in a surge of diplomacy.
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China increased its military and diplomatic pressure on Japan and Taiwan this week amid an intensifying feud between the countries.
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The Aviation Industry Corporation of China conducted the first test flight of the “Jiutian,” an ultra large unmanned aerial vehicle purportedly capable of serving as a drone mothership.
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Top Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is allegedly using Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips to train its large language models, undermining previous claims to be leading China’s domestic self-sufficiency in AI development.
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China releases new policy for Latin America and the Caribbean days after US declares a revival of the Monroe Doctrine.
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Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi amid an ongoing crackdown on human rights activists following the 12-Day War.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi admits that Iran’s nuclear sites remain badly damaged and destroyed six months after the 12-Day War, suggesting that the Iranian nuclear program has been set back much further than early estimates anticipated.
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North Korea has installed thermal shielding around a five-megawatt nuclear reactor at its Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center amid an expansion of the complex, suggesting efforts to conceal advancements in its nuclear program.
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