Narcotrafficking’s Impact on Source, Transit, and User Countries
Narcotrafficking is a transnational crime with drugs, weapons, money, and people crossing international borders for illicit purposes. Generally, narcotrafficking involves at least three countries:...
Where Transnational Crime Meets Terrorism
Terrorist groups and transnational crime organizations share many of the same attributes, operating outside of the law, often committing violent acts and murder, as...
Drug Cartels Terrorist Organizations Threaten U.S. Security
According to the State Department’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of 2022, Mexico is the primary source of illegal drugs in the United States,...
Iran Threat to National Security 2023
The annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community for 2023, identified Iran as the third greatest national security threat to the United States,...
Russia’s Unconventional Warfare: Moscow’s domination of the Information Space
U.S. intelligence and defense services, as well as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 2023 Threat Assessment recognize China and Russia...
Myanmar: Hope for Democracy Disappearing
The Civil war in Myanmar is intensifying, while hope of a democratic election is evaporating.
Upon the two year anniversary of Burma’s military coup, on...
Narcotrafficking: A National Security Threat
The United States is facing a crisis at its porous southern border, which 2.78 million undocumented aliens crossed in 2022 . At the same...
Economics as a Weapon of War: Ukraine, China and Beyond
“Apply this economic, peaceful, silent, deadly remedy and there will be no need for force. It is a terrible remedy. It does not cost...
The Ukraine War and Great Power Competition
The term Great Power competition (GPC) can be used as a framework to analyze interstate relations, such as those between the United States and...
Policy Recommendation: Countering Russian Escalation of the Ukraine War
So far, the Ukraine war has remained a limited war, from the standpoint of the U.S. and NATO as no troops have been committed,...