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• Taliban Attack Another Provincial Capital As New Air Defense System Installed At Kabul Airport RFE/RL Gandhara 11 Jul 2021 -- The Taliban attacked a northern provincial capital in Afghanistan as authorities said they installed a new air defense system at Kabul airport to prevent rocket attacks by the militants.
• Turkmenistan Sending Heavy Weaponry, Aircraft To Afghan Border Amid Deteriorating Security RFE/RL Gandhara 11 Jul 2021 -- Turkmenistan has begun moving heavy weaponry, helicopters, and other aircraft closer to its border with Afghanistan, and reservists are being put on alert in the capital, a further sign of the worry spreading across Central Asia as Taliban fighters continue major offensives.
• China to serve as 'mediator' for regional security on Afghan issue during Wang Yi's visit to Central Asia Global Times 11 Jul 2021 -- As the Chinese foreign minister is scheduled to visit three Central Asian countries on Monday, all close neighbors of Afghanistan, the timing is optimal as Afghanistan has become a regional hot spot following the withdrawal of US-led troops, Chinese analysts said.
• Pentagon: US Concerned About Taliban Advances as American Troops Withdraw VOA 11 Jul 2021 -- The U.S. is "watching with deep concern" as Taliban insurgents take control of more and more territory in Afghanistan while American forces are quickly returning home under President Joe Biden's withdrawal orders, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Sunday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Breeze 2021 Kicks off In the Black Sea US Navy 11 Jul 2021 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrived in Varna, Bulgaria for exercise Breeze 2021, July 11, 2021.
• PLA holds intensive drills in northwest plateau, tests new weapons, tactics Global Times 11 Jul 2021 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army and Air Force recently held intensive exercises in plateau regions in Northwest China and put many newly commissioned weapons and equipment as well as advanced deployment tactics to the test, with analysts saying on Sunday the drills displayed that the new gears are combat-ready and reinforcements can reach the frontline quickly in rapid-reaction missions.
• Comdr: Regional maritime security center to be launched in Chabahar IRNA 11 Jul 2021 -- Iranian Navy Commander Rear-Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said the international maritime security coordination center will be launched in the presence of 36 countries in Chabahar Port aiming to maintain maritime security in the region.

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• Fifth Anniversary of the Arbitral Tribunal Ruling on the South China Sea US Dept. of State 11 Jul 2021 -- Freedom of the seas is an enduring interest of all nations and is vital to global peace and prosperity. The international community has long benefited from the rules-based maritime order, where international law, as reflected in the UN Law of the Sea Convention, sets out the legal framework for all activities in the oceans and seas. This body of international law forms the basis for national, regional, and global action and cooperation in the maritime sector and is vital to ensuring the free flow of global commerce.
• South Sudan's Liberation Struggle Supplanted by Autocracy VOA 11 Jul 2021 -- Ten years after gaining independence, some South Sudanese say their struggle for liberation has been supplanted by an autocratic system of government led by the nation's ruling party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).
• Head of Aid Group Reports Increased Attacks by Myanmar Military in Border Areas VOA 11 Jul 2021 -- The head of a Thai-based volunteer aid group, speaking from inside Myanmar, has described increasing attacks by that country's military in the ethnic areas along the country's borders with China and Thailand.

News Reports

• US Sends Team to Haiti to Assess Security Needs After Assassination VOA 11 Jul 2021 -- The U.S. on Sunday dispatched a technical team to Haiti to assess its security and other needs in the aftermath of the assassination last week of President Jovenel Moise.
• China opposes U.S. move to add Chinese entities to export control list People's Daily 11 Jul 2021 -- China is firmly opposed to the United States adding 23 Chinese entities to its "entity list" of export controls, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Sunday.
• Liaison office of central gov't in HKSAR strongly condemns European Parliament for distorting facts People's Daily 11 Jul 2021 -- The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has strongly condemned the European Parliament for its calling white black, passing a so-called "resolution" relating to Hong Kong, wantonly slandering the national security law in Hong Kong and advocating "sanctions" against China.
• Countries should stop using press freedom as a weapon to undermine the rule of law in HK: Chinese FM Global Times 11 Jul 2021 -- The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) condemned a statement that a few countries had signed to criticize the shutdown of Apple Daily, An office spokesperson asked these countries to stop using press freedom as a weapon to undermine the rule of law in the HKSAR.
• China scrutinizes overseas IPOs amid data security risks concern Global Times 11 Jul 2021 -- China has tightened cybersecurity reviews for internet companies that seek IPOs in the overseas markets with a set of draft rules, including a new threshold that businesses holding data of more than a million users in China must undergo a regulatory review before applying for an overseas IPO, which indicated the country's resolve to rein in potential national security risks brought by domestic businesses that own oceans of data amid their cross-border operations.
• China's Crackdown on Pricey Tutoring Schools Upsets Parents VOA 11 Jul 2021 -- For Helen Cui's daughter, a 10-year-old rising fifth grader facing the September start of classes, tutoring is a nonnegotiable part of a middle-class Beijing childhood.
• Bulgarian Anti-Elite Party Narrowly Leading Borisov's GERB, Exit Polls Show RFE/RL 11 Jul 2021 -- Bulgaria's snap parliamentary elections on July 11 failed to produce a clear winner, with There Is Such A People, an anti-elites party, narrowly leading former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's GERB party, exit polls show.
• Pro-European Party Leading Moldova's Snap General Elections RFE/RL 11 Jul 2021 -- Moldovan President Maia Sandu's pro-European party was leading on July 11 as counting got under way in snap parliamentary elections that are likely to weaken Russia's influence and push Europe's poorest country toward further integration with the continent.
• Turkmen Leader Promotes Son In Latest Signal Of Possible Succession RFE/RL 11 Jul 2021 -- Turkmen state media say that President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has promoted his son Serdar to a top government post with oversight of major economic and financial decisions.
• Moldova's Sandu Hails Pro-Europe Party's Victory, Vows To End 'Rule Of Thieves' RFE/RL 11 Jul 2021 -- Moldovan President Maia Sandu declared victory for her pro-Europe party after the nation's snap parliamentary elections, a result likely to weaken Russia's influence and push Europe's poorest country toward further integration with the continent.
• Dozens Arrested in South Africa Riots Following Zuma's Imprisonment VOA 11 Jul 2021 -- Protests against the jailing of former South African president Jacob Zuma spread from his hometown to the country's main economic hub of Johannesburg Sunday.
• UN Report: Human Rights Violations Permeate Conflict in Eastern Ukraine VOA 11 Jul 2021 -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is condemning pervasive arbitrary detention and torture by both government and Russian-backed separatists in the seven-year eastern Ukraine conflict. The condemnation comes in a report submitted Friday to the U.N. Human Rights Council.