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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
How Smart Economic Strategy Could Strengthen the Afghan Counterinsurgency
February 10, 2011

Is Tunisia Tipping?
February 8, 2011

Op-Ed: What If They Threw a War and…
February 1, 2011

2010 SSI Annual Strategy Conference Report “Defining War for the 21st Century”
February 1, 2011
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Coherence and Contrasts
January 13, 2011

Civil-Military Relations in Medvedev’s Russia
January 1, 2011
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Predictions, Observations, and the Free Lunch
January 1, 2011

The Conflicts in Yemen and U.S. National Security
January 1, 2011
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Nuclear Power’s Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs and Risks
December 1, 2010
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Strangely Silent: The Missing Strategic Debate in the 2010 Mid-Term Elections
December 1, 2010
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