Photo Credit: Mission de l’ONU au Mali - UN Mission in Mali Mali has been a thorn in the side of international peacekeeping and security proponents for the better part of a decade. Since a 2012 coup overthrew the democratically-elected government, the country has been plagued by conflict and civil strife, which the international community … Continue reading Has Mali Gotten Too Messy? The Case for Hope amidst Uncertainty
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Beware of Nagorno-Karabakh
Photo credit: Tim Ryan Williams/Vox The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh recently flared up after decades of relative stability. A Russia-negotiated ceasefire that came into effect on November 11 will hopefully stop the violence. Whether or not the peace holds going forward, it is not in the interest of the United … Continue reading Beware of Nagorno-Karabakh
A Crime to Want Something Different
Sukarno and other leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement. Photo Credit: ResearchGate The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade & The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World (2020) By Vincent BevinsPublicAffairs, 307 pp., $28.00 As Vincent Bevins points out in his vital and timely new book, The Jakarta Method, it is the winners who write history. … Continue reading A Crime to Want Something Different
Biden’s Plans for NATO Strategically Reimagine the Transatlantic Relationship
Vice-President Joseph R. Biden Jr. poses with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroschenko during the 51st Munich Security Conference in 2015. Photo Credit: Marc Müller With the 2020 US presidential election, it’s important to remember that Americans have not only elected the President of the United States, but also the leader of … Continue reading Biden’s Plans for NATO Strategically Reimagine the Transatlantic Relationship
Understanding the Insurgency in Mozambique
Bridge over Rio Lúrio in Cabo Delgado. Photo Credit: F H Mira Over the last year, the Mozambican Salafi-jihadist group Ahl al-Sunna wa Jama’ah (ASWJ)[i] has grown in scope, committing twice as many attacks as in 2019.[ii] Although there has been low-level violence in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique for years, the extent of … Continue reading Understanding the Insurgency in Mozambique
Fighting Venezuelan Corruption at Home: Money Laundering Vulnerabilities in US Real Estate Markets
An overhead view of real-estate property in Miami. The Maduro regime’s cronies have leveraged loopholes in US real-estate markets to launder money on behalf of the Venezuelan government. Photo Credit: PxHere In June of 2020, the federal government seized two multimillion-dollar Miami properties owned by Jesus Veroes and Luis Chacin, Venezuelan businessmen who pled guilty … Continue reading Fighting Venezuelan Corruption at Home: Money Laundering Vulnerabilities in US Real Estate Markets
Climate Change and COVID-19: Threat Multipliers in the Caribbean
Students at the Sixth Form of Government Secondary School in Trinidad and Tobago take part in activities during Caribbean Climate Change Day of Action in October 2009. Photo Credit: 350.org The rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced many states to turn their attention away from climate change in order to address the pandemic’s effects. However, … Continue reading Climate Change and COVID-19: Threat Multipliers in the Caribbean
Achieving Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Guinea. Photo Credit: International Chamber of Commerce When people think of modern-day piracy, Somalia and the Horn of Africa region quickly jump to mind. In the late 2000s, a series of dramatic hijackings and hostage situations received widespread media attention, and even a Tom Hanks movie. However, on Africa’s West Coast lies another, … Continue reading Achieving Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
China’s Arms Diplomacy in Venezuela Affects Stability in the Western Hemisphere
Soldiers of the Venezuelan National Guard ride Chinese-manufactured armored vehicles during a 2014 parade commemorating the death of former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez. Photo Credit: Xavier Granja Cedeño / Ecuadorean Chancellery Venezuela declared in late September that it had obtained a new shipment of Chinese C-802A anti-ship cruise missiles, which can target vessels more than … Continue reading China’s Arms Diplomacy in Venezuela Affects Stability in the Western Hemisphere
Lest We Forget the Uyghurs
Photo Credit: Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters The Chinese Communist Party since 2017 has committed genocide against its Uyghur Muslim citizens in East Turkestan (Xinjiang province). The United States should officially designate this as a genocide and spearhead an international pressure campaign against the Chinese government. With an official designation of genocide, the United States will be able … Continue reading Lest We Forget the Uyghurs