Russia’s Kaspersky Lab illustrates how technological expertise paired with government cooperation can create a serious threat to U.S. national security, according to a recent report from Foundation for Defense of Democracies. In Kaspersky and Beyond: Understanding Russia’s Approach to Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare, author Boris Zilberman equates the threat to a new beachhead in cyber space […]
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Semi-Submersibles Boost Colombian Cocaine Smuggling
Supply is driven by demand. As long as there is a demand for cocaine, traffickers will continue to seek out innovative, dangerous and costly ways of delivering it. South America is the leader in cocaine production. South America is a prime location for the production of cocaine in countries such as Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, […]
Sex Trafficking: A Serious Threat to Children at Border
The constant barrage of protesters attempting to get Trump administration officials to release immigrant children to their adult counterparts, if successful, will result in a number of children being trafficked by sex predators. This is a given, and is unarguable. The only question is how many children the Left and the protesters are willing to […]
Competing for Regional Power and Peace in Afghanistan
As the Unites States tries to break the long stalemate of war in Afghanistan, regional powers continue jockeying for position, attempting to carve out their own spheres of influence in the country. A combination of fears over the Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch—Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP)—and prospects of mineral wealth have pulled more of Afghanistan’s […]
Perspective: Put Trump-Putin Media Mayhem in Context
BRUSSELS—Given the mediatic mayhem the meeting between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is causing, it is perhaps somewhat worthwhile to try and contextualize it. Let’s start by reading this statement from the U.S. presidency: “The joint communiqué which we have issued today summarizes the result of our talks. … But what we have said […]
Is Afghan Opium War a Path to Taliban Peace Talks?
Doubling down on a longtime policy of countering the opium trade in Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan forces began conducting airstrikes against opium production facilities and insurgent funding sources in November. After years of back-to-back record-breaking poppy yields, the move represented a policy shift targeting terror groups and their revenue streams. Opium has long been the […]
Understanding Donald Trump’s Grand Global Strategy
President Trump is visiting Europe for a NATO summit and a one-on-one chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Many Trump detractors are concerned that the U.S. President is overly lenient with Russia, given Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and its interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. His detractors are also concerned that Trump is far […]
Legal Immigration Plagued by Bureaucracy, Red Tape
When 16-year-old Hefzi Lopez said goodbye to her parents, José and Cecilia Lopez, in 2008, she felt betrayed. She was a U.S. citizen by birth, but her parents had been unsuccessful in their efforts to become citizens as well. After nine years of legal battles in the immigration court system, background checks, three lawyers, and […]
Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Global Security
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform national and global security, according to Artificial Intelligence: What Every Policymaker Needs to Know, a new report from the Center for a New American Security. “AI is enabling the creation of special-purpose machines to replace human cognitive labor for specific tasks,” authors Paul Scharre and Michael Horowitz wrote. “AI has […]
Understanding N. Korea’s History is Crucial to Talks
On June 12, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea met in Singapore for a historic summit. During the meeting, the United States and North Korea established the diplomatic foundation for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The Singapore summit followed a year of intensified vitriol between the two […]