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Briefing Room 3.14.26: Chinese Missiles Appear in Serbia; Destabilization in the Sahel; Moldova Turns Up the Pressure.

Simon Whistler · March 15, 2026 · 18 min video · Global

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What this episode covers

China delivers advanced supersonic missiles to Serbia, JNIM expands across the Sahel into Benin while Russia's Africa Corps falters, and Moldova seizes on Russian distraction to push for Transnistrian reintegration.

Chapters

  1. Chinese Ballistic Missiles Arrive in SerbiaIn the free preview
  2. Insurgent Violence Spreads Across African SahelInsiders
  3. Moldova Pressures Isolated Transnistria RegionInsiders

From the transcript

Welcome back to the briefing-referenced tacos weekly respite from the ongoing war in Iran, as we turn our attention to simmering crises and geoblissal injury across the rest of the world.

Today, we are going to be discussing the arrival of new Chinese weapons in a rather notorious European arsenal, widening destabilization by several insurgent actors in Africa's the whole region, and the plight of a long-time Russian ally in the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria. Across our discussion, we can promise three things for you.

Consistent bad news for Moscow. Consistent surprises by national and local governments rising on the international stage, and just eight remaining utterances of the word Iran. Three of which will get out of the way right now.

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