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This article was originally published by the U.S. Northern Command magazine, The Watch, on July 24, 2025. Governments and societies worldwide have become increasingly dependent on algorithms with autonomous intelligent machines facilitating daily tasks and decisions previously made by humans. Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow exponentially, bringing innumerable advantages [ … ]

What happens to your data as you walk through the city? Cameras and sensors analyze your movements, record patterns and can even predict behavior. All thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). This technology is already part of our daily lives and, although it can make us feel safer, it also raises [ … ]

Introduction The Centers of Excellence of the United States Southern Command in Colombia emerged as an initiative of the Theater Maintenance Partnership Initiative (TMPI) for the development of maintenance expertise for the equipment supplied, extending to the strengthening of competencies in multinational logistics. Within this proposal, Colombia and Jamaica were [ … ]

People’s Republic of China (PRC) cyberattacks increasingly have drawn the attention of global governments, security experts and businesses. Among these intrusions, the so-called Salt Typhoon hack stands out for its scale and sophistication, targeting critical infrastructure and government systems worldwide. The attack, revealed in late 2024, demonstrates the brazen nature [ … ]

This article was first published on The Diplomat on February 4, 2025. Recent statements by U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver Carone, as well as the trip by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Central America, have focused attention on the risks posed by the activities of China [ … ]

This article was first published in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s magazine Forum on January 7, 2025.   Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping’s crackdown on military corruption in the past 18 months could hinder his military modernization goals for 2027 and beyond, according to the China Military Power Report [ … ]

This article was originally published in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s magazine Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM, on August 26, 2024. The China-Russia joint statement of February 2022 has widely been interpreted as a signal of deeper cooperation between the countries, which are the major challengers to the world order. Some have gone so [ … ]

This article was originally published in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s magazine Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM, on November 12, 2024. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is not an Arctic nation. Its northern border is nearly 1,500 kilometers from the Arctic Circle and even farther from the Arctic Ocean. Yet the PRC is [ … ]

This article was first published in U.S. Northern Command’s magazine The Watch, Volume 5, 2024. The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) has emerged as a premier security cooperation tool that delivers information-sharing techniques, joint training exercises and intelligence cooperation to counter a multitude of shared challenges. A U.S. [ … ]

  This article was first published in U.S. Northern Command’s magazine The Watch, Volume 5, 2024. Threats to hemispheric security are myriad: trafficking in people, weapons and drugs; illegal fishing and mining; climate change and environmental fallout; corruption; cybercrimes and digital disinformation; predatory violence and extortion; and targeted challenges to [ … ]

This article was originally published in Per Concordiam, a publication of U.S. European Command in coordination with the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, on September 12, 2024. China and Russia are expanding their defense cooperation through joint military exercises, visits of high-level defense officials, and arms trade [ … ]