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South & Latin America | Nov. 12, 2024

Security Challenges in the Dutch Caribbean

This work examines security challenges facing the Dutch Caribbean, including narcotrafficking and other forms of organized crime, money laundering, Venezuelan and other refugee flows, and the little-understood activities of criminal groups operating

Strategic Implication of the Chinese-Operated Port of Chancay

This article examines the Port of Chancay from a strategic perspective, with a focus on how COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) achieved unprecedented control over the operation of the new Peruvian megaport, the impact that the port is likely to

External Articles | Nov. 6, 2024

Venezuela: The Path Forward

Thanks to the courageous work of the Venezuelan opposition, including obtaining physical and photographic evidence of over 80% of the individual “acts” from Venezuela’s more than 30,000 polling places, the world generally knows that Edmundo Gonzalez

South & Latin America | Oct. 28, 2024

Paraguay’s Security Challenges and the Government Response

This article analyzes the security challenges in Paraguay and the government response under the administration of Santiago Peña. It argues that Paraguay, despite its strategic location and regional relevance, faces serious security problems due to

Chile’s Expanding Defense Relationship with China

From September 9-14, 2024, Chilean Defense Minister Maya Fernandez Allende, granddaughter of Chile’s first socialist president Salvador Allende, traveled to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to attend the 11th annual Xiangshan Defense Forum in
Dangerous Ground: The Spratly Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches
December 27, 2013
Dangerous Ground: The Spratly Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches

Politics and Economics in Putin’s Russia
December 10, 2013
Politics and Economics in Putin's Russia

U.S. Governmental Information Operations and Strategic Communications: A Discredited Tool or User Failure? Implications for Future Conflict
December 3, 2013
U.S. Governmental Information Operations and Strategic Communications: A Discredited Tool or User Failure? Implications for Future Conflict

Op-Ed: What Our Civilian Leaders Do Not Understand About the Ethic of Military Professions: A Striking Example of the Current Gap in Civil-Military Relations
November 26, 2013

What Is Next for Mali? The Roots of Conflict and Challenges to Stability
November 20, 2013
What Is Next for Mali? The Roots of Conflict and Challenges to Stability

Washington’s Debt, Beijing’s Bubble, and the Discussion No One is Having
November 15, 2013

State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia
November 14, 2013
State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia

Building Better Armies: An Insider’s Account of Liberia
November 12, 2013
Building Better Armies: An Insider’s Account of Liberia

Reforming the Police in Post-Soviet States: Georgia and Kyrgyzstan
November 6, 2013
Reforming the Police in Post-Soviet States: Georgia and Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia After 2014
November 3, 2013
Central Asia After 2014